Sudhakar Chandra saw fit to inform LI that: 

>john J K proclaimed:
>>     I was trying to access another Linux machine using FTP , 
>> while I try to download directories it says " not a plain text
>> file" while I can download  files, any settings to be done more
>
>Plain old FTP does not let you download directories and their contents
>recursively.  You need 'ncftp'.  Once ncftp is installed (left as an
>exercise to the reader), you can read the help on 'get'.  get has an option
>to recursively download.

wget -r -l=0 :)

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Suresh Ramasubramanian + [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"If you have to hate, hate gently"

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