[SWLUG] FTP command line help

[Edward Prendergast]

On 01/11/2010 15:18, Neil Jones wrote:
> On 01/11/2010 14:14, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>> On 1 November 2010 14:07, Neil Jones<neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk>   wrote:
>>> I have a crippled server with no root access.
>>> I can log into it and I am using sftp to move files across to a new server.
>>>
>>> One of the sets of files I am moving has a bout 70 sub directories
>>> a simple Put command doesn't access any subdirectories.
>>> It just copies all the files from the current directory
>>>
>>> I would like it to recursively copy everything.
>>>
>>> Is there anyway to do this other than manually changing and creating
>>> directories?
>>>
>>> Neil
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>> Can you execute a shell (using the ! command) through the sftp
>> session? If so, you could create a tar file, then copy that instead.
>>
>> Otherwise I don't know the answer...
>>
>>
>> Cofion/Regards,
>> Neil.
> Actually I am kicking myself. The solution is to tar the files first and
> then use put to put the single file across onto the other
> machine. Thanks for the hint.
>
> Put -r doesn't work.
>
> Neither unfortunately did wget.
> I can only ssh into the machine and ftp out.
> I can't ftp in or use wget. from outside.
>
> Neil
>
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If SSH is accessible to you can you use SCP to get the files recursively?

-Edward