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Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:17:06 -0700
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Subject: Re: ftp server frustrating
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At 09:15 AM 5/31/2005, Vizion wrote:
>It is the general problem that concerns me - if I am in some goddamned 
>foreign
>port trying to get an individual file by a slow ftp connection from my
>waterproof windows rugged tablet for subsequent transfer to my on below decks
>freebsd server I do not want to have to be frustratingly disconnected because
>the typing speed on my tablet is limited!

why not use:

ftp -A ftp.freebsd.org

under windows, and

ftp -a ftp.freebsd.org

under freebsd?

-Glenn