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Date:	Sun, 12 May 2002 22:40:09 PST7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: FTP program

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> In general:
> wget -r ftp:/sitename/*
> will download everything from a site.

Sandy, Steven is correct -- the -r option is "recursive" and will
download the entire tree.

I *think* you only wanted the entire contents of one subdirectory, in
which case use

wget ftp://sitename/somedirectory/*

Note that you should use two forward slashes after the "ftp:".

- Peter

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