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From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit FTP
Date: 31 Oct 2005 19:41:42 GMT
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On 2005-10-31, Shane Malden <shane@nedlam.com> wrote:
: Hi. Is there anyone to do a directory listing on a FTP server and download
: every file? The issue is, there are new files added daily and I don't want
: to download what I downloaded yesterday. I only have read access so I can't
: flag them once downloaded nor remove the file. I've heard Kermit has some
: programming features but not sure if it'll be smart enough to to do this?
: Any help would be appreciated.
:
See:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/case10.html
which doesn't apply to FTP specifically, but many of the same features
are available in the FTP client, and:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscripts.html
that discusses how to write FTP scripts and works up to how to do
"transaction processing", similar to what you are looking for.
Also, in Kermit itself, at the C-Kermit> or K-95> prompt, type
"help ftp mget" to see the options available when downloading files
with FTP. Among them the /COLLISION:UPDATE switch.
Mileage can vary depending on the capabilities of the FTP server.
- Frank