transfering directory through FTP

[blue_gene]

hi i want to transfer a directory to a linux machine.....

c:\ftp
user...
password...

ftp>

ftp>bi
.......

ftp>mput directory_name
here i am getting error

generally i transfer files in this way.... is it not valid for directory??

how can i transfer a directory ??

[homey]

I use wget for that sort of thing, works great! :)

It helps if you know beforehand the directory structure of the site you want to download from. Then you can use the --cut-dirs=5 command. In that sample the directory structure went down quite a ways and I didn't want all of that showing up in my download folder. :)

For example.....
wget -cm -nH --passive --cut-dirs=5 \
ftp://mirror.physics.ncsu.edu/pub/whitebox/3.0/en/iso/i386

This will download the i386 directory and everything in it from that site.

Note: if you want to see the full ftp line, try right click and properties.

[homey]

transfer a directory to a linux machine
I am so sorry, I just noticed my mistake and I feel pretty stupid. :(

I have never actually used mput or even put so I can't be of much help.

Tucks tail and leaves the room.....

[blue_gene]

does anybody can give some suggestion????

[somebitch]

zip it?

[blobaugh]

Do you have access to a computer running a gui(win or linux)? If you download an ftp client and upload a directory. Since most gui ftp clients have logs of all commands look at the logs and it should contain the necessary commands.