Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 12:44:53 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com> To: Malan Joubert <malan_joubert@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp dowloads via telnet downloads Message-ID: <20020215124114.U25531-100000@bsd.smnolde.com> In-Reply-To: <F241pRme1sdFqgC0i4V0001822f@hotmail.com>
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Thus sayeth the previous author: >Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:34:11 +0200 >From: Malan Joubert <malan_joubert@hotmail.com> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: ftp dowloads via telnet downloads > >I have a remote FreeBSD box which I can access through telnet... >I want to be able to download large files on it by sending it commands via >telnet... Can this be done >all that I can manage is to "get" the file while running ftp but then i've >got to stay telneted or else it stops.... > >Any Ideas? >Malan > I highly recommend you discontinue using telnet, as OpenSSH will do what you wish with ssh (replaces telnet) and scp (secure copy) and sftp (secure ftp). With scp you can typically transfer one or more file with one command line entry, then background it with & and redirect any output to /dev/null. Additionally, there's netcat and cryptcat from ports which you can use to transfer files without necessitating ftp services. Scott Nolde GPG Key 0xD869AB48 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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