Recursively downloading from an FTP site

1. ncftp
   

   
   $ sudo port install ncftp
   $ cd ~/Downloads/uci 
   $ time ncftpget -R -v -u "anonymous" ftp.ics.uci.edu ~/Downloads/uci pub/machine-learning-databases
   

   
   
   So far, I'm not finding this to be doing a very good job of being recursive.
   
   Source:
   http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-download-all-file-from-ftp-server-recursively.html
   
   
2. wget
   
   

   
   $ sudo port install wget
   $ cd ~/Downloads/uci2 
   $ time wget -r ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/machine-learning-databases
   

   
   Source: http://www.editcorp.com/Personal/Lars_Appel/wget/v1/wget_7.html, http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/html_node/Recursive-Download.html.
   See also: gwget