# \#ftpclient

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## [FTP: how to download recursivelly a whole directory - or at least get the information if a certain element is a dir?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ftp-how-to-download-recursivelly-a-whole-directory-or-at-least-get-the-information-if-a-certain-element-is-a-dir/101524)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ftp-how-to-download-recursivelly-a-whole-directory-or-at-least-get-the-information-if-a-certain-element-is-a-dir/101524 "2023-07-13T12:57:31Z")

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Hello, I need to recursively download a directory from an anonymous FTP client: using FTPClient ftp\_init(); ftp = FTP(hostname = "palantir.boku.ac.at", username = "anonymous", password = "") cd(ftp, "Public/ImprovedFore…