From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 19 22: 8:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (tnt1-92.quicksilver.net.nz [202.89.142.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1A437B416 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:08:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBK6AVL01139; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:10:31 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:10:30 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Wayne Lubin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: grabbing sources with "get lex.tar" Message-ID: <20011220191030.A1068@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20011220021331.43502.qmail@web14707.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011220021331.43502.qmail@web14707.mail.yahoo.com>; from wayneclubin@yahoo.com on Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 06:13:31PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 06:13:31PM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: > Hi, > > I read in the handbook that if I ftp to the usr.bin > directory in the source tree and then initiate the > command > > get lex.tar > > that the entire source tree will end up on my machine > as a tarball. Do I understand this correctly? This was a feature of the ftp server that used to run at Walnut Creek. It auto-tar'd directories, which was pretty neat; however, it's *not* a standard feature of most ftp servers. I am unsure as to whether the current ftp servers have this feature or not. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive." - Ferris Bueller To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message