FTP download (act as client)

[kenco8801]

Hi

I've got an FTP server which I would like DownloadS tation to treat like an RSS feed ideally, if any new files appear then download them.
Else, I want to enter a URL to download and DownloadStation to download the entire contents (like you can do with a normal FTP client) but this doesn't happen eg.
I give it a URL to download, that URL contains a folder. It will download the Index file in the URL but won't download the folder itself or its contents.
The reason I want to do this is because sometimes a folder will contain hundreds of files, so I don't want to enter 100 URLs into Download Station I just wants all the files.

Are either getting it to act like a normal client or RSS Feed type thing for an FTP site possible?

Thanks!

[wood1y]

"If you want to download a FTP folder, simply enter the FTP link with the forward slash (/) at the end of the link. All of the files and sub-directories in the folder will be downloaded."

[kenco8801]

Hmm, that doesnt work for me.

eg:
http://domain/DATA/folder/files.mp3

I tried entering

http://domain/DATA/folder/

and

http://domain/DATA/

and then both with an asterix (*) on the end, all i get in my downloads folder is index.html

[pococinco]

I have exact the same issue. If I specify a file, it downloads fine, but when I do what the documentation says (see quote below), it doesn't download anything.

"If you want to download a FTP folder, enter the FTP URL link with the forward slash “/” at the end of the link, and all of the files and sub directories in the folder will be downloaded."

[norcat]

The urls you posted kenco8801 were http and not ftp.

I just tested this (ftp folder) and it worked fine for me. It downloaded all files content including subfolders for the specified ftp folder url.

[Goner]

"If you want to download a FTP folder, enter the FTP URL link with the forward slash “/” at the end of the link, and all of the files and sub directories in the folder will be downloaded."

What they mean with FTP URL link is : ftp://<yourDS>/folder/ (folder is a subfolder of /volume1)

[norcat]

"If you want to download a FTP folder, enter the FTP URL link with the forward slash “/” at the end of the link, and all of the files and sub directories in the folder will be downloaded."

What they mean with FTP URL link is : ftp://<yourDS>/folder/ (folder is a subfolder of /volume1)

It would be odd to use Download Station to download a ftp folder from your own DS to your own DS, but ftp url does mean using the ftp:// protocol url, yes.