At Friday, 3 December 2004, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
com> wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:34:34 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> How do you transfer an entire directory using ftp?  The directory 
that I'm
>> trying to transfer has a lot of "subdirectories" in it.  These 
directories
>> also have several types of files in them... ie.. text, video, 
wav, mp3,
>> etc.
>
>If possible, use scp instead.  The "-r" flag tells it to copy
>recursively.  It's also much more secure (ie, it has some security
>rather than no security) if you're sending a password to connect to
>the remote end.
>
>-- 
>Michael A. Marsh
>http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh
>
>--


the _prompt_ and _mdir_ commands may help too.










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