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From: jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: FTP transfer of tree structures
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Date: 30 Jan 91 17:45:47 GMT
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    Is there any way to have FTP transfer a tree structure and still retain
    the tree structure on the receiving end.  

You can only reliably do this between systems with similar directory
structures.  You can implement a 4bsd Unix compatible RCP or RTAR for
the PC, but that depends on the similarity between the PC and Unix
filesystems.  It would be much harder to do against VMS, for instance.
I've seen the FTP client you mention, and I've seen problems caused by
it with non-Unix servers....

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