Mput for directory

[ran_sushmi]

I had a doubt on how to ftp the complete directory on linux. Normally, we do mput for files. But, mput does not work for a directory. What command can be used for this?

I hope, my question is clear.

Please, help in solving the doubt.

regards

[Rubberman]

That is up to the ftp version you are running. There are a number of them available for linux. Determine which ones will meet your needs and configure that to run when an ftp connection request is received by your server.

[ran_sushmi]

thanks, for your answer. But, I wanted to know, what is command to be given from command prompt to mput a directory.

I hope, my question is clear.

regards

[Rubberman]

thanks, for your answer. But, I wanted to know, what is command to be given from command prompt to mput a directory.

I hope, my question is clear.

Not particularly. Are you referring to the system command line, or the FTP client command line? And for a client to use mput on a directory, it has to support that operation. AFAIK, recursively copying directory structures with FTP was not part of the original protocol. I'll check the White Book later when I have some time to be sure, but I don't recall that it was when I implemented the FTP/TELNET stack from the specs about 18 years ago.