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Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 13:24:50 -0500
To: Oi Yan <oiyanca@yahoo.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Jack L. Stone" <jack@sage-one.net>
Subject: Re: automatically download from ftp
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At 01:16 PM 5.5.2002 -0400, Oi Yan wrote: 

>>>>



Hello


How do I use ftp to download automatically?


ls it ncftp or other ftp programs? 


(How do I use it?)


Thank you



One way is a combo of the .netrc and cron .... (man ftp for the .netrc &
its macros)



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Jack L. Stone

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