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When I try to fetch a directory with get "Path To\Directory\", I get the following error:

NT_STATUS_FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY opening remote file Path To\Directory

How do I recursively download this directory?

(Using smbclient v3.6.23. The server is a computer running Windows 7 Home Edition.)

hololeap
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4 Answers4

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Per the smbclient manpage, you need to use the mget command, with a mask and recursion and prompt set. Then cd to the directory you want to get recursively:

smbclient '\\server\share'
mask ""
recurse ON
prompt OFF
cd 'path\to\remote\dir'
lcd '~/path/to/download/to/'
mget *

Or, all on one line,

smbclient '\\server\share' -N -c 'prompt OFF;recurse ON;cd 'path\to\directory\';lcd '~/path/to/download/to/';mget *'`

If you need to authenticate to the server drop -N and use the password setting on the connect command.

http://technotize.blogspot.com/2011/12/copy-folder-with-ubuntu-smb-client.html

galoget
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Frank Thomas
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You could also use the tar command for smbclient:

smbclient -Tc allfiles.tar /path/to/directory

This will create a tar archive allfiles.tar in the current directory the smbclient command is executed. Afterwards you can unpack the files again with tar xf allfiles.tar.

m13r
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1

use -D option to set the Directory

smbclient -D "\" -c ls
smbclient -D "\Path\To\Directory" -c ls

if you want to download/get the file, do

smbclient -D "\Path\To\Directory" -c "get target /tmp/target"
aGuegu
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In addition to one-liner above, I found a solution for Teamcity with hidden password prompt (build step written as a command, TC version 2020.1.2):

smbclient '%smbPath%' '%smbPassword%' -W %domain% -U %smbUser% -c 'prompt OFF; recurse OFF; cd %smbSource%; lcd tomcat/conf; mget *'

where

%smbPath%     = \\smbserver\share
%smbPassword% = domain user's password, use single quotes
%domain%      = domain
%smbUser%     = username
%smbSource%   = subdirectory(-ies) inside samba share (i.e. -D option)
recurse OFF   = in my case I don' want to recurse subfolders
tomcat/conf   = destination path relative to %system.teamcity.build.tempDir% (i.e. working directory)

It will download all files from samba directory to working directory on build agent. The most problem here is the proper quotation of a password. The password containing @, # should be written separately from username. Escaping mode %smbUser%%%%smbPassword% may not work.

Rapekas
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