Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:44:07 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Tip: fetch is your friend Message-ID: <20020316144407.GW68827@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020316133229.6590.qmail@web11702.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020316133229.6590.qmail@web11702.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 05:32:29 -0800 (PST) > From: Wade Dixon <wmd2001@yahoo.com> > Subject: Newbie Tip: fetch is your friend > To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > > While trying to patch my OpenSSH install using the > directions provided with the Advisory, I stumbled > across a command (fetch) that I wasn't using that > makes getting files a LOT easier. I'm not sure why I > hadn't seen it before, I'm still a newbie but I've > read a lot. To get a file from a public FTP server, > just change to the directory you want to put the file > in, and type in "fetch ftp://path/to/file.i.want" and > it performs the download for you. No ftp commands, no > starting up Lynx, just one easy command! Sad to say > but this could change my life :P you should also try wget(1) (in the ports). -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 3:42PM up 16 days, 16:50, 17 users, load averages: 0.11, 0.17, 0.14 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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