help with mput command

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:02:06 Post Subject: help with mput command

I am using ftp to transfer the server's backup files to a secondary server, and I'm using mput.

The data I want to move has a main folder, with some files in it, as well as one other folder with some more files in it.

When I mput * in the main folder, it sends all the files at that level, but won't do the subfolder or any of its files.

How can I make mput do it all at once?

Thanks!

IceNine · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:39:42 Post Subject:

I would tar.gz it first. Or use SCP instead of MPUT. I could not find a 'recursive' flag on the manpage.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:42:24 Post Subject:

The files are all tar.gz

There are 7 files in the main folder, and then seven more in the subfolder, all of which I want separate.

SCP means what in this case? Before FTP I was using SCP as the means of copying them, but I no longer have the ability to do that on the second server... But, I think you are talking about something different anyway.

Thanks!

IceNine · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:45:47 Post Subject:

Oh. No shell access eh? You'd need that for SCP.

What you could do after that point is tar up all the files and dirs containing those tgz files. That would create ONE file for them - and no need to re-gzip them...

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:50:54 Post Subject:

I guess we were talking about the same thing for SCP... I was just relating SCP to being like FTP and not mput.

Anyway... That second server I had is no longer, but the new owner gave me an FTP account for backups as part of the deal! Grin

IceNine · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:53:28 Post Subject:

I was just saying that SCP can be recursive, but since you don't have shell access, try my other suggestion. Smile

Or if that doesn't work for you I can dig something else up. I've read a bunch of posts that say MPUT cannot go recursive.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:06:01 Post Subject:

I think my solution is to just change the naming structure I created for these auto-generated files... so, they can all be kept in one folder and easily copied to the backup server... thanks.

thePMG · Rated XXX Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 393 Location: Germany

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Works great for windows users, if you have shell access on your Linux machines. (and you should)

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:51:34 Post Subject:

Yeah, my deal is two Linux machines... one with shell access, the other without.

Thanks for the link though... I am going to keep that for transfers home. Grin