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From: libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: FTP directories
Message-ID: <2807@muffin.cme.nist.gov>
Date: 10 May 91 23:20:21 GMT
References: <1991Apr29.203050.8621@athena.mit.edu> <2399@muffin.cme.nist.gov> <1991May10.065919.3216@jadpc.cts.com>
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In article <1991May10.065919.3216@jadpc.cts.com> jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) writes:
-In article <2399@muffin.cme.nist.gov> libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) writes:
->rftp (for "recursive ftp") is an expect script that ftps directories.
->It comes with the expect distribution.  (Email "send pub/expect.shar.Z"
->to library@cme.nist.gov or anonymous ftp same from durer.cme.nist.gov.)

-The mget in my ISC ftp will recursivley get directories, if they exist
-on the target machine already.  If I want a directory tree all I do is
-get the layout and then go to shell, make the directories, go to the
-top of the tree, and do my mget.

Why are you admitting this?  Sounds like ISC did a half-assed job.
Why doesn't it create the directories for you?

Don Libes          libes@cme.nist.gov      ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes