How to recursively download a folder via FTP on Li

Question

I'm trying to ftp a folder using the command line ftp client, but so far I've only been able to use 'get' to get individual files.

Answer 1

wget -r ftp://url

Work perfectly for Redhat and Ubuntu

Answer 2

Use WGet instead. It supports HTTP and FTP protocols.

wget -r ftp://mydomain.com/mystuff

Good Luck!

reference: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_wget.htm

Answer 3

toggle the prompt by PROMPT command.

Usage:

ftp>cd /to/directory    
ftp>prompt    
ftp>mget  *

Answer 4

You could rely on wget which usually handles ftp get properly (at least in my own experience). For example:

wget -r ftp://user:[e-mail]/

You can also use -m which is suitable for mirroring. It is currently equivalent to -r -N -l inf.

If you've some special characters in the credential details, you can specify the --user and --password arguments to get it to work. Example with custom login with specific characters:

wget -r --user="user@login" --password="Pa$$wo|^D" ftp://server.com/

EDIT As pointed out by @asmaier, watch out that even if -r is for recursion, it has a default max level of 5:

       -r
       --recursive
           Turn on recursive retrieving.

       -l depth
       --level=depth
           Specify recursion maximum depth level depth.  The default maximum depth is 5.

If you don't want to miss out subdirs, better use the mirroring option, -m:

       -m
       --mirror
           Turn on options suitable for mirroring.  This option turns on recursion and time-stamping, sets infinite
           recursion depth and keeps FTP directory listings.  It is currently equivalent to -r -N -l inf
           --no-remove-listing.

Answer 5

There is 'ncftp' which is available for installation in linux. This works on the FTP protocol and can be used to download files and folders recursively. works on linux. Has been used and is working fine for recursive folder/file transfer.

Check this link... http://www.ncftp.com/

Answer 6

ncftp -u <user> -p <pass> <server>
ncftp> mget directory