Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:10:21 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP and command-line multiple downloads Message-ID: <20030606131021.GA64498@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <20030215144637.GA45693@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20030214233406.GA3814@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030214233749.GB3888@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030215144637.GA45693@comp.chem.msu.su>
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 05:46:37PM +0300, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:37:49PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:34:06PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > Since upgrading bento to running 5.0, it appears that I can no longer > > > download multiple files from a FTP server by specifying a glob pattern > > > on the command-line: > > > > > > e.g. > > > > > > /usr/bin/ftp -4a ftp://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/5-LATEST/base/base.\?\? > > > > This appears to work (as it used to) under 4.x. > > As far as I can see, this is a client-side problem of CURRENT's > ftp(1). FreeBSD ftp(1) was completely replaced with "lukemftp," > ftp client from NetBSD, in CURRENT a year ago. The commit message > was promising: > > ...Lukemftp supports most of the previous features of FreeBSD > ftp, but has been better maintained and includes new features. > > Unfortunately, this particular feature doesn't fall into that most; > "lukemftp" can't seem to detect a glob pattern on the command line. I must admit that I overlooked this feature in lukemftp. In fact, lukemftp can download multiple files specified as a wildcard via ftp. However, lukemftp accepts wildcards only in the "classic" ftp file specification, i.e., host:path/file, and not in URLs. Do you think the ability to use command-line wildcards should be extended to URLs as well? Luke Mewburn may be convinced to do that in his ftp client. Technically, the task is as easy as removing a single logical subexpression from an "if" statement. -- Yar
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