FTP

FTP
URL	None
Project status	Online!
Archiving status	Not saved yet
Project source	https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/ftp-nab
Project tracker	Unknown
IRC channel	#effteepee (on EFnet)
Project lead	Unknown

Archiving a whole public FTP host/mirror is easy:

SketchCow> I use wget -r -l 0 -np -nc ftp://ftp.underscorporn.com
tar cvf 2014.01.ftp.underscorporn.com.tar ftp.underscorporn.com
tar tvf 2014.01.ftp.underscorporn.com.tar > 2014.01.ftp.underscorporn.com.tar.txt

OR, use this handy dandy function to put in your .bashrc file, you can also remove the first and last line to turn it into a fancy bash script. Made by SN4T14

ftp-grab(){
    target="$1"
    wget -r -l 0 -np -nc "$target"
    if "$target" =~ ^ftp://.*$ 
        then
        target="$(echo "$target" | cut -d '/' -f 3)"
        echo "ftp"
        echo "$target"
    fi
    tar cvf $(date +%Y).$(date +%m)."$target".tar "$target"
    tar tvf $(date +%Y).$(date +%m)."$target".tar > $(date +%Y).$(date +%m)."$target".tar.txt
}

Check the size of the site before you start to make sure you have the space to hold the site and tar afterwards, also account for large files on the site when using tar --remove-files

lftp ftp://site.com -e 'du -h'

An alternate to try if the above does not work correctly (happens more often on old servers):

lftp -c 'set ftp:use-feat no; du -h ftp://site'

Now zip/tar it up and send to the spacious Internet Archive![1] (If you're short on space: tar --remove-files deletes the files shortly after adding them to the tar, not waiting for it to be complete, unlike zip -rm.)

The Project

• We're currently listing all FTP sites on the internet to download them all.
• We're auding a list of some select FTP sites manually: https://www.piratepad.ca/p/old-ftp-list

Who is grabbing what?

Midas	ftp.tu-chemnitz.de
Midas	ftp.uni-muenster.de
Midas	gatekeeper.dec.com
Midas	ftp.uni-erlangen.de
Midas	ftp.warwick.ac.uk

Uni FTP's are massive, currently only grabbing DEC and Sweex.

External Links

• Anonymous FTP Sites List
• @textfiles Talked it over with a few people. We decided to download all the FTP sites. All. of. Them. Smile for your photograph, FTP.