[Kget] [Bug 108315] New: kget cannot download folders and files from ftp

[Mohd Asif Ali Rizwaan]

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           Summary: kget cannot download folders and files from ftp
           Product: kget
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kget kde org
        ReportedBy: maarizwan rediffmail com


Version:           v0.8.4 (using KDE 3.4.1, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.5
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.11.7

I'm trying to download Sources from Slackware's ftp site:
ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/source/kde

How to reproduce:
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1. Open any ftp site with folders (and folders shold be having files, like the above ftp url)
2. Open kget
3. drag and drop any folder in kget
4. you'll be allowed to save the folder
5. but as soon as you click "save"
6. error "ftp://ftp.mirror.com/pub/.../arts" is a folder, but a file is expected.

Expected Behavior:

1. Kget expecting files is ridiculous, I was expecting kget to download anything thrown at it.

2. A *folder* is a file (unix-ese). Everything is a file in Unix. Doesn't KGet know that?

3. It must download a folder because there are many imporant things in the folder like:

  a. arts.SlackBuild
  b. arts-1.4.1.tar.bz2
  c. slack-desc
  d. local.options


It is not acceptable to download 4 files individually and create 'arts' folder, which is supposed to happen in 1 action. 

Supposing an ftp folder with 20 files! how about that? How is one supposed to waste time downloading 20 files one-by-one.

Folders not downloadable from ftp or other KDE's protocols like smb:/, etc., is very troublesome thing for a KDE user like you and me.

damn, now I have to download individually KDE sources which could be a one click thing :(