From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 29 16:27:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D11A016A41F for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:27:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@gv.net) Received: from ringmaster.gv.net (ringmaster.gv.net [207.159.62.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E8243D48 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:27:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@gv.net) Received: from LAPTOP37 (wl105.gv.net [65.160.10.105]) by ringmaster.gv.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with SMTP id j8TGbFP0030893 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:37:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@gv.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20050929092731.013ef6b0@gv.net> X-Sender: david@gv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:27:31 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: David Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: long ftp dir listings X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:27:42 -0000 Dear list, I am often annoyed trying to get a long directory listing from my unix box while ftp'ing somewhere. is hardly useful, since the listing goes by to quickly. Occasionally, I have found a site that uses |more , but this is unusual. I often resort to using ftp in Windows DOS mode so I can scroll up a long listing. Any good methods would be appreciated. David