From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 29 20:36:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07784 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:36:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07777 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:36:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA09561; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:36:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:36:13 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Mike Jeays cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Automatic tarballs from ftp.freebsd.org? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Mike Jeays wrote: > The handbook says that the FreeBSD server will automatically tar and gzip > a directory, but I can only get it to work without the gzip step: > > ie: > cd pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src > get sys.tar ------ works OK, sends me a tar file for sys/ > get sys.tar.gz ------ does not work > > Have I missed something, or is the handbook wrong? Well, both really. gzip'ing was taken out a while back to cut back on machine load; there was some comment to that effect in the message you get logging into ftp.freebsd.org; that tar'ing still works but gzip'ing has been disabled due to load considerations. That, and the handbook SHOULD be updated. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*