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Subject: Re: Download set of files under a directory on a HTTP server?
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HTTP is not a filesystem. Some webservers may be configured to present a 
filesystem-like view when a directory is selected, but that behavior is 
not part of the spec.

You may be able to use wget to solve your problem, but in general the 
concept of "downloading a directory" simply doesn't exist in HTTP.

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Rajesh Rajasekaran <rajesh82@gmail.com> wrote on 10/18/2005 04:06:09 PM:

> How do I download a set of files under a directory on a HTTP server 
using a
> HTTP URL
> pointing to that directory. ( no authentication required)
> 
> i tried the <get> task but i was able to download only one file at a 
time.
> 
> Thanks
> Rajesh

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