# Wget recursive download ftp directory tip

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485
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**Created:** [June 8, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485 "2007-06-08T09:02:19Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485/1 "2007-06-08T09:02:19Z")

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You can use the WGet action to (recursively)&nbsp; download a directory from an ftp server. When you specify the directory, make sure you have a slash (/) in the end, or else wget will fail, thinking you specified a filename.

When doing recursive get, leave the output file parameter blank. Oh, and the username and password will be used for ftp actions, even though wget accepts special ftp parameters for it on the command line.

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485/2 "2007-06-12T01:33:53Z")

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Thanks for the tip, Jaap.

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485/3 "2008-01-16T09:20:29Z")

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Also: All remote directory names are case sensitive

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485/4 "2008-01-16T11:29:57Z")

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Jaap,   
  
 I think that will depend on the server application and operating system.   
  
 Regards,   
  
 Angus

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485/5 "2008-01-18T08:46:31Z")

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Oh, yes, I think it will. Microsoft already brainwashed me. In this case, I use WGet to an ftp site on IIS on Windows 2003 server. I did not expect it to be case sensitive, because when I do normal ftp to this site, it does not seem to be case sensitive.

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/wget-recursive-download-ftp-directory-tip/485/6 "2008-01-20T11:43:07Z")

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Hi Jaap,   
  
That's odd, I guess maybe I was wrong. It's possible WGet does some internal case-sensitive string matching (those crazy Unix people! ;).)   
  
Regards,   
  
Angus