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ftpget(1)

ftpget1

Get files fast from the commandline

Usage

ftpget [options] host filename [-o local] [filename] ...

Version

This man page documents ftpget version 2.0. Note that ftpget is deprecated and it is recommended to use scripting capabilities of lftp.

Overview

ftpget is a program that gets the given filename from the indicated host. Multiple filenames can be specified. If a filename needs to be redirected to another local file then use the -o option.

Options

-p, --port

Set port number

-u, --user

login as user using pass as password

-l, --list

Get listing of specified directories

-c, --continue

Reget specified file(s)

-q, --quiet

Run quietly (no output).

-v, --verbose

Run verbosely (lots of output).

--async-mode

Use asynchronos mode (faster)

--sync-mode

Use synchronos mode (compatible with bugs)

-o file

output to local file 'local' (default - base name of filename)

Acknowledgments

This manual page was originally written by Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

History

  • Debian 2.2 (Potato): the text shown here
  • Debian 2.1 (Slink) to Debian 2.0 (Hamm)
  • Debian 1.3 (Bo)

--async-mode since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); --quiet since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); --verbose since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); -q since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); -v since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

--norest-mode until Debian 1.3 (Bo).

Author

Alexander V. Lukyanov
[email protected]

From lftp 2.1.10-1 in Debian 2.2 (Potato). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.