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From: Neal Westfall <nwestfal@orion.csci.csusb.edu>
To: Wayne Hernandez <hernanw@FSL.ORST.EDU>
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Subject: Re: shell script for compiling ports
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On ftp.cdrom.com, just cd to ports dir and type "get port.tar.gz", where
port is a directory.  It will tar up and gzip it for you before sending.

On Wed, 3 May 1995, Wayne Hernandez wrote:

> I was wondering if anybody has a script for automatically ftp'ing the necessary
> files for a given port.  I find I have to make several directories in the
> process of getting a port.
> 
> Otherwise, what can I do to easily get the ports downloaded?  The ports seem to
> not need much room until they ftp the file needed for the actual make.
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
> 


Neal Westfall                            nwestfal@csci.csusb.edu

FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT-19950503 #0: Wed May  3 11:08:38 PDT 1995
    root@darkside.csci.csusb.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/DARKSIDE