How do you transfer a directory with multiple sub-directories over ftp?

I'm a novice user trying to figure out how to transfer a 48 Gb directory (from the Mac Terminal command line) that contains multiple sub-directories, which themselves contain multiple directories, ... I'd like to not have to confirm the transfer of each sub-directory with a 'y/n' prompt.

From stackoverflow

• ftp -i turns off prompts. mget * gets all the files.

      Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7000]
      Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  
      C:\so>ftp -i **hostname**
      Connected to hostname.
      220 Microsoft FTP Service
      User (hostname:(none)): **username**
      331 Password required for username.
      Password:
      230 User username logged in.
      ftp> **cd logs**
      250 CWD command successful.
      ftp> **ls**
      200 PORT command successful.
      150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
      meetmap.com
      226 Transfer complete.
      ftp: 115 bytes received in 0.01Seconds 11.50Kbytes/sec.
      ftp> mget *
      200 Type set to A.
      200 PORT command successful.
      150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for meetmap.com/ex090131.log
          (5490 bytes).
  
      226 Transfer complete.
      ... (bunch more files)
      ftp> **quit**
      221
  
      C:\so>
  

  Ry : feel free to vote mark this as an accepted answer.

• ncftp should to be able to recursively get files. Alternatively, use any of infinite graphical drag and drop ftp clients.

• Use mput * or mget *. When asked for confirmation, type a instead of y. This is the same as answering y for every single file for one command.

  You can also change the prompting behavior using the prompt command.

  You will find more information in the man page. In Terminal type: man ftp

  BTW, this isn't really a programming question.

• Personally I do like wget and wput