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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sgi.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!nrchh45.rich.nt.com!ferret.ocunix.on.ca!resurrect From: "Jon Care" <Jon.Care@uk.sun.com> Newsgroups: unix.general,unix.hacks,unix.sys,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.security.unix,comp.unix.unixware,comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.sco.misc Subject: Re: ftp gurus needed Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Date: 22 Sep 1996 03:01:45 +0100 Organization: Sun Microsystems Europe Lines: 61 Sender: jonc@raphael.uk.sun.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <R.csoiv97nw8m.fsf@raphael.uk.sun.com> References: <50n5su$22m@magus.cs.utah.edu> <323585C3.6D0@Non-HP-Switzerland-om1.om.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.156.179.101 In-reply-to: Eric Zucker's message of Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:14:11 +0200 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.questions:88124 comp.unix.admin:47735 comp.unix.shell:36939 comp.unix.misc:25256 comp.unix.bsd:16823 comp.unix.solaris:83551 comp.unix.sys5.r4:11367 comp.unix.user-friendly:4032 comp.security.unix:27935 comp.unix.i386:7475 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4955 comp.unix.sco.misc:25192 Reposting article removed by rogue canceller. >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Zucker <Eric_Zucker@Non-HP-Switzerland-om1.om.hp.com> writes: In article <323585C3.6D0@Non-HP-Switzerland-om1.om.hp.com> Eric Zucker <Eric_Zucker@Non-HP-Switzerland-om1.om.hp.com> writes: Eric> Roger Simmons scribbled: >> Summary: Keywords: >> >> I have 3 questions RE: ftp all releated: >> >> I am looking for a program/utility or way to do the following: >> >> 1. Is there a way to execute a unix command at the remote host >> while at the ftp prompt? I want to obtain a directory >> listing(including subdirectories) on the remote server. I need >> to execute: find . -type d > dirlist.out Look at what mirror and wuftpd can do for you. >> >> and then ftp this file to the local machine >> >> 2. Also is there a way to transfer an entire directory >> structure from the remote host to the local machine while >> retaining the directory structure on the local machine? mirror. >> >> 3. Is there a command that will ftp an entire directory >> structure and put it all in 1 tar file on the local machine. mirror. >> >> boy this sure would be nice! The remote system is SVR4.2 >> >> TIA >> >> Roger Eric> Can you use rcp ? This is even easier: assume the files you Eric> want to get are in account user1 of system2.xyz.org.uk, you Eric> are user2 on system1.abc.org.ch rcp over the internet? Trust of source address authentication? euch... - Jon. -- # Jon Care, Sun Microsystems European Networking group. ++44 1276 20444 perl -nle 'setpwent;crypt($_,$c)eq$c &&print"$u=$_"while($u,$c)=getpwent' # "They came first for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I # was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up # because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I # didn't speak up because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for # the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then # they came for me... and by that time no one was left to speak up." # # --- Martin Niemoeller