Ftp – Batch File Syntax to get files from FTP server

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I have trouble getting all files from an FTP Server. Usually I get all files using the command line/terminal with syntax the following syntax: get a.txt (very, very time wasting with login authentication first)

So, my expectation is I wanna get all file from FTP server, with a script(batch), So I'm not wasting my time using the terminal/command line. I just want to run the script. Of course, login authentication needs to be included in the script. How would I do this?

Best Answer

Save yourself a whole lot of trouble trying to script this with a FTP client. Download ncftp, and use that.

Basically:

ncftpget -R ftp://user:password@host/path/to your files

-R means it does a recursive transfer

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Use curl. From the man page:

   -r/--range <range>
          (HTTP/FTP/FILE)  Retrieve  a byte range (i.e a partial document)
          from a HTTP/1.1, FTP server or a local FILE. Ranges can be spec-
          ified in a number of ways.

          0-499     specifies the first 500 bytes

          500-999   specifies the second 500 bytes

          -500      specifies the last 500 bytes

          9500-     specifies the bytes from offset 9500 and forward

          0-0,-1    specifies the first and last byte only(*)(H)

          500-700,600-799
                    specifies 300 bytes from offset 500(H)

However, note that the SIZE extension must be supported by the server for this to work.

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Perhaps the FTP client is using PASV transfers automatically.

Do you have both the FTP and FTP-DATA ports (20 and 21) opened on the firewall?

There is an option in IE to use PASV transfers under Advanced options that you can check/uncheck.

More information here: http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

Sounds like the firewall is getting in the way and you should configure your browsers and FTP clients to use PASV FTP

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