Copy files and folder via FTP to Linux Server (ncftp)

Check if ncftpget is already installed in your server by typing either one of the commands below.
ncftp -h or which ncftpget

If ncftpget is not installed please follow the steps below to install it.
 1.  rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
2. yum list *NCFTP*
3. yum install ncftp

Please use this command to copy files to the server from an ftp server.
ncftpget -R -v -u -p''


Please find an example below
ncftpget -R -v -u frenchcastles -p'ss135623!@#' 76.34.45.123 /home/files ./*

./* indicate all files from root of ftp server.

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