cd ~/save ncftpget ftp://qindf/db2.mdb
ncftpget -d stdout bowser.nintendo.co.jp . /pub/README
— ncftpget [options] remote-host local-directory remote-files…
-d: diagnose
ncftpget -R ftp.ncftp.com /tmp /pub/ncftp
-v/-V Do (do not) use progress meters. The default is to use progress meters if the output stream is a TTY.
-R Recursive mode; copy whole directory trees.
ncftpget uses TAR whenever possible since this usually preserves symbolic links and file permissions. TAR mode can also result in faster transfers for directories containing many small files, since a single data connection can be used rather than an FTP data connection for each small file. The downside to using TAR is that it forces downloading of the whole directory, even if you had previously downloaded a portion of it earlier, so you may want to use the -T option if you want to resume downloading of a directory.