Trying to down the repository (ftp)

[texanmutt]

I am trying to do an ftp download of the installation repository to my intranet web server. I have been trying to use the ftp client in command line. I want to copy the whole oss folder at one time to my web directory but I am having problems. So I tried the command "ftp -i ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/" then "mget ./oss". It copies all the files in the oss folder but none of the directories or the files in those directories. How can I get it to download everything at once ?

[rudie_rage]

I am trying to do an ftp download of the installation repository to my intranet web server. I have been trying to use the ftp client in command line. I want to copy the whole oss folder at one time to my web directory but I am having problems. So I tried the command "ftp -i ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/" then "mget ./oss". It copies all the files in the oss folder but none of the directories or the files in those directories. How can I get it to download everything at once ?

is there maybe a -r or -R tag available to descend into directories recursively? Sometimes its hard to find, but its often there in terminal programs.

[bigtomrodney]

Your best bet is wget. Also if you fail you can use the -c switch to continue where you left off.

wget -r ftp://domain.tld/path/to/repo
wget -rc ftp://domain.tld/path/to/repo

[texanmutt]

Thanks. It worked great. That was alot of stuff to download. It took about 6 hours.