[IRIXdejazel]

Thank you, everyone, for your helpful replies. It is always eye-opening to realize that even when you might think you know something, you actually know only a small percentage of what actual expert people know! 

I am not sure which helpful advice I will try first, but I will look into all of them. I will let you know what I found to work the best, or what works at all maybe.

I was aware of the mput and mget under ftp. But as you pointed out, that is not helpful if I want to move hundreds of files under dozens of nested directories.

This whole process is kind of neat, as it has been ages since I have needed to dig this far into something to make it work. Well, at least, digging into something where someone else knows far more than I do. Many of the problems with the database building software I have had to figure out on my own over the years, as no one here, or pretty much anywhere, uses that age-old software anymore.

Thanks again! If there are other suggestions, keep them coming if you wish. I may never know what may turn up to be useful now or in the future.

==Dave