From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 28 23:10:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fep1-orange.clear.net.nz (fep1-orange.clear.net.nz [203.97.32.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628FB15589 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 23:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jabley@buddha.clear.net.nz) Received: from buddha.clear.net.nz (buddha.clear.net.nz [192.168.24.106]) by fep1-orange.clear.net.nz (1.5/1.13) with ESMTP id SAA04805; Sat, 29 May 1999 18:10:26 +1200 (NZST) Received: (from jabley@localhost) by buddha.clear.net.nz (8.9.3/8.9.2) id SAA34704; Sat, 29 May 1999 18:10:25 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jabley) Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 18:10:25 +1200 From: Joe Abley To: Brian Somers Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , Sheldon Hearn , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jabley@clear.co.nz Subject: Re: fetch(1) / fetch(3) patchkit available Message-ID: <19990529181025.A34626@clear.co.nz> References: <199905281027.LAA03381@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <199905281027.LAA03381@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:27:20AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:27:20AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > What about a non-interactive command for pushing stuff via ftp/http ? > This has always been lacking IMHO (``ftp -n < gotchas). > > I haven't actually looked at libfetch, but I would think that the > functionality should be there. If we're throwing in the kitchen sink, then the ability to do a POST via HTTP would also be really useful. Every second device I throw into the network comes with a lovely-looking web interface that is a pain to retrieve stats from automagically. Being able to do this with a fetch would be marvelous ;) Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message