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Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>MGET (Copy Multiple Files from a Remote System to the Local System)</title> </head> <body id="rzaiqmget"><a name="rzaiqmget"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">MGET (Copy Multiple Files from a Remote System to the Local System)</h1> <div><div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">FTP client subcommand</h4><p><strong>How MGET transfers files</strong>:</p> <p>To copy one or more remote files, use the MGET FTP client subcommand in this format. A separate GET subcommand is executed for each remote file you want transferred. The server creates the name of the corresponding local file automatically as determined by the Default Naming rules.</p> <p>The MGET FTP client subcommand uses the following process to determine where to put files.</p> <ul><li>The MGET subcommand always places files in the current library or directory.</li> <li>If the user has issued the LCD subcommand, the server uses this library or directory.</li> <li>If the user has not issued the LCD subcommand, the server sets the current directory as follows <ul><li>If the user's job has a current library set, this library is the current directory for FTP.</li> <li>If the user's job does not have a current library set, the server uses QGPL as the current directory.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="figborder"><div class="p"><p>MGet {<em>remotefile</em><br /> [remotefile...]}[(Replace]</p> </div> </div> <dl><dt class="dlterm">remotefile</dt> <dd>The file or files you want to retrieve from the remote system.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">( Replace</dt> <dd>Overwrites an existing file on your local system. If the file already exists on your local system and you do not use the Replace option, the existing file is not overwritten. The name of the local file where the remotefile is copied is created automatically.</dd> </dl> <p>You can use an asterisk (<samp class="codeph">*</samp>) to copy all members in a file to your current library or directory. For example, if the remote system is an iSeries™,</p> <ul><li><samp class="codeph">MGET MYLIB/MYFILE.</samp> <samp class="codeph">*</samp> copies all the members of file MYFILE in library MYLIB on the remote system to your current library on the local system.</li> <li><samp class="codeph">MGET /QSYS.LIB/MYLIB.LIB/MYFILE.FILE/</samp> <samp class="codeph">*</samp> <samp class="codeph">.MBR</samp> would be the NAMEFMT 1 version of this command.</li> <li><samp class="codeph">MGET /QOPT/PICTURES/IMAGES/.</samp> <samp class="codeph">*</samp> copies all the files of directory IMAGES from optical volume PICTURES to your current library (or directory) on the local system.</li> <li><samp class="codeph">MGET TESTFILE.A</samp> <samp class="codeph">*</samp> copies all members that start with the letter A in file TESTFILE.</li> <li><samp class="codeph">MGET /QDLS/QISSOS2/A</samp> <samp class="codeph">*</samp> copies all documents that start with the letter A in folder QISSOS2.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiqclientsu.htm" title="Use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client subcommands to establish a connection with a remote FTP server, navigate libraries and directories, create and delete files, and transfer files.">File Transfer Protocol client subcommands</a></div> </div> <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> <div><a href="rzaiqget.htm">GET (Copy a File from a Remote System to the Local System)</a></div> <div><a href="rzaiqcsubcs.htm" title="The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client subcommands described in this topic make use of syntax conventions:">File Transfer Protocol client syntax conventions</a></div> <div><a href="rzaiqmput.htm">MPUT (Send Multiple File Members from the Local System to a Remote System)</a></div> <div><a href="rzaiqput.htm">PUT (Copy a File Member from the Local System to a File on a Remote System)</a></div> <div><a href="rzaiqctsdfl.htm" title="You can use default source and target file names for some subcommands; however, you must specify a file name for other subcommands.">File names for client-transfer subcommands</a></div> <div><a href="rzaiqcslarf.htm" title="Use the localfile and remotefile parameters to transfer data.">Naming files for transfer</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>