Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:45:14 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@NewGold.NET>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/ftp fetch.c Message-ID: <20010830124514.B80938@coffee.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20010830132612.4952B3E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 06:26:07AM -0700 References: <20010830130536.A75112@NewGold.NET> <20010830132612.4952B3E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> writes: > Why does ftp(1) have HTTP capability, anyway? I think the only reason > someone would use it instead of fetch(1) is when they want an > interactive interface, which ftp(1) provides for FTP, but not HTTP. > If it really does need HTTP capability for some reason, it should > really use fetch(3). Why duplicate code when it's not necessary? It was originally from NetBSD's ftp(1), I believe. I also don't see the need for duplicate functionality here. But since we will eventually be using lukemftp (aka NetBSD's ftp(1)) anyway, there's no point in removing the functionality. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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