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  1. Xref: sparky comp.protocols.misc:900 comp.unix.aix:12862 comp.unix.misc:4735 comp.unix.questions:14986 alt.bbs.internet:4839
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!hsdndev!think.com!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!wupost!emory!ogicse!psgrain!neon!jeff
  3. From: jeff@neon.rain.com (Jeff Beadles)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,alt.bbs.internet
  5. Subject: Re: Recursive get for ftp
  6. Message-ID: <BzxJyC.E89@neon.rain.com>
  7. Date: 27 Dec 92 18:13:23 GMT
  8. References: <1992Dec26.161412.150935@ua1ix.ua.edu> <Bzx8qo.EEL@gator.use.com>
  9. Reply-To: jeff@onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles)
  10. Lines: 19
  11.  
  12. larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
  13.  
  14. >totake@ho10.eng.ua.edu () writes:
  15.  
  16. >>I am looking for a way to transfer files using ftp from a remote site to my
  17. >>current account.  In particular I need a command for ftp to recursively
  18.  
  19. >how about rcp?
  20.  
  21. [ Insert sounds of someone becoming ill ]
  22.  
  23. YUCK!  Rcp does not copy trees very well.  For example, it doesn't copy
  24. symlinks, but rather the file that the symlink points to.
  25.  
  26. This is considered "bad". :-)
  27.  
  28.     -Jeff
  29. -- 
  30. Jeff Beadles        jeff@onion.rain.com
  31.