[lug] problem using ftp and wget

[qqq1one @yahoo.com]

Is there a quick way to get a complete set of binaries
from xfree86.org?

There have been a couple of times when I wanted to
download a new set.

I've always ended up downloading the files one at a
time from one of the ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86
subdirectories.

Since there are many files, this takes a lot of
pointing and clicking, hitting return, etc.

I have tried ftp'ing to xfree86.org, logging in
anonymously, and trying to download all the files with
mget.  But when I ftp in, I can't even get a content
listing of the directories, nor can I get any files. 
It just hangs for a minute or so and then produces a
carriage return.

Recently, I also tried

  wget -r -l20
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/

but this just produced something like this over and
over again:

    (try:15) =>  
`ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/.listing'
  Connecting to ftp.xfree86.org:21... connected!
  Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
  ==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD  
pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21 ...
done.
  ==> PORT ... done.    ==> LIST ...
  Error in server response, closing control
connection.
  Retrying.

I noticed that "wget -r xfree86.org" does work, but
that would download everything instead of just the
particular subdirectory I'm interested in.

Any suggestions?

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