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Date:      Sun, 3 May 1998 15:47:53 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass)
Cc:        dg@root.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp.freebsd.org acting funny?
Message-ID:  <199805032047.PAA00613@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199805031727.LAA22311@lariat.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "May 3, 98 11:27:39 am"

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Brett Glass said:
> Does this mean we actually have an FTP server that can send a text file
> without forcing you to download it? I've been annoyed by lack of support
> for this
> for YEARS.
> 
I am not sure if this isn't what you are talking about:

ftp> get file.ext |more

If you do this with our standard ftp program, it will pipe the output
to more, instead of a file.

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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