Is it possible to recursively download all the files and folders from an FTP from the command line in windows 7?

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Hi all,

I'd like to download all the files and folders from an industrial PC in order to automate a backup task.

That should be done with a batch file.

I've seen mget and get FTP commands, but it seems that is not working recursively and it only detects files as possible targets... folders are marked as "not a regular file"

My script is called using:

ftp -i -s:ftpscript.txt

The contents of the script are:

open 192.168.1.1

username

password

lcd c:\myDestinationFolder

mget *.*

quit

Any idea?

Thank you very much.

What I have tried:

Searched the Internet, read all the documentation about FTP commands.

Posted 15-May-19 1:43am

Joan M

Updated 15-May-19 2:09am

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-15T02:09:00

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I cannot find anything in NSFTOOLS: List of FTP commands for the Microsoft command-line FTP client[^] which allows to determine whether a folder's element is a folder or a file. I do not think you will be able to achieve your goal by using purely the script facility of genuine Windows ftp client.
You could develop an application to handle the logic, though. There are ftp client libraries for all major languages and technologies.
Kindly.

Posted 15-May-19 2:09am

phil.o

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Joan M 15-May-19 9:40am

Thank you for your answer phil.o... I think you are right, I've not been able to find anything similar... Let's see if the wget linux command ported to windows does it... in case it doesn't I'll try to use WinSCP that seems it can be automated via scripts.

Thank you again.

phil.o 15-May-19 9:59am

You are welcome Joan.