Richard Harran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I am trying to completely copy a complicated directory structure using | ftp. It has four levels of directories, all with lots of branches. I | have a root directory on the target machine, and want to create the | directory structure, and copy all the files into the right places. I | have tried filerunner, which throws its toys out at the first hurdle, | refusing to even transfer a single file. I thought lftp's 'mirror' | command sounded hopeful, but this didn't want to play either, giving: | get: Access failed: 550 <directory_name>: not a plain file | for every directory and subdirectory, and not mirror'ing anything. [snip]
You might try ncftp. I've used it successfully get whole directory trees "get -R". Works like a champ for me. The Debian slink package is ncftp_3.0beta14-2.deb in the "net" directory of main. Gary
