Quickly backup a site through FTP with wget

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<div class="KonaBody"><p>If you want to quickly backup a site through FTP, the absolute easiest way to do this is through the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a> using the wget command.</p>

<p><code>wget -r ftp://username:password@domain.com/</code></p>

<p>We’ve <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/03/19/how-to-easily-mirror-an-entire-web-site-locally/">used wget to mirror a website locally</a> before, it’s a powerful tool and is a worthwhile install if you’re an advanced user and don’t have it on your Mac already. Installing wget requires you to install <a href="http://www.macports.org/install.php">MacPorts</a> first, which also gives you access to thousands of other command line tools. </p>

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