From owner-cvs-usrbin Wed Jun 25 19:02:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA27391 for cvs-usrbin-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 19:02:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA27370; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 19:02:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA03854; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:31:33 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706260201.LAA03854@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/ftp complete.c fetch.c util.c Makefile cmds.c cmdtab.c domacro.c extern.h ftp.1 ftp.c ftp_v In-Reply-To: <199706251401.KAA23342@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> from Garrett Wollman at "Jun 25, 97 10:01:41 am" To: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:31:33 +0930 (CST) Cc: tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Garrett Wollman stands accused of saying: > < said: > > > Michael Smith writes: > >> - the ability to access files using either the ftp or http protocols, > >> and use http proxies for ftp transfers. > > > Does this mean we can nuke fetch(1)? > > No, it does not. Can you enumerate the cases where the new ftp doesn't cover fetch's behaviour? I'm all for pandering to your bloat-reductionist tendencies in this case, and would be happy to do all the work to that end. > -GAWollman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[