Question: When I try to fetch a directory with `get "Path To\Directory\"`, I get the following error:

```
NT_STATUS_FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY opening remote file Path To\Directory

```

How do I recursively download this directory?

(Using smbclient v3.6.23. The server is a computer running Windows 7 Home Edition.)

Answer: 
You could also use the `tar` command for `smbclient`:

```bsh
smbclient -Tc allfiles.tar /path/to/directory

```

This will create a tar archive `allfiles.tar` in the current directory the `smbclient` command is executed. Afterwards you can unpack the files again with `tar xf allfiles.tar`.
In addition to one-liner above, I found a solution for Teamcity with hidden password prompt (build step written as a command, TC version 2020.1.2):

```
smbclient '%smbPath%' '%smbPassword%' -W %domain% -U %smbUser% -c 'prompt OFF; recurse OFF; cd %smbSource%; lcd tomcat/conf; mget *'

```

where

```
%smbPath%     = \\smbserver\share
%smbPassword% = domain user's password, use single quotes
%domain%      = domain
%smbUser%     = username
%smbSource%   = subdirectory(-ies) inside samba share (i.e. -D option)
recurse OFF   = in my case I don' want to recurse subfolders
tomcat/conf   = destination path relative to %system.teamcity.build.tempDir% (i.e. working directory) 

```

It will download all files from samba directory to working directory on build agent. The most problem here is the proper quotation of a password. The password containing `@`, `#` should be written separately from username. Escaping mode `%smbUser%%%%smbPassword%` may not work.