Multiple File FTP Transfer

[Sander-Rob]

I'm trying to transfer a diretory, and all it's sub-directories and their contents, to another FTP server via SSH. I'm using CentOS Server 4.4.

I can 'put' a single file, but can't figure out how to do everything at once, which I need to do.

[b2bwild]

Use a graphical FTP client like FileZilla or FireFTP
It will add and process batch of commands.

[mrman]

Try Putty FTP if any of the above don't work out for you.

[bigtomrodney]

I personally like rsync, and as you are using ssh already it should work well. You can use the -e switch with rsync to specify ssh as the protocol and allow it to mirror entire directories. It's great.

Generally speaking though, if you are moving a lot of small files it's more efficient to tar them first as the extra overhead at the start and end of each small file can add up to be quite significant to the overall transaction.

[vickey_20]

how about using mget to get a directory

[b2bwild]

mget will also work, but there is nothing easier than drag n drop.