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From: Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: ftp.freebsd.org acting funny?
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> > The /bin/ftp client that comes with FreeBSD is actually quite nice
> > IMHO (OK, it doesn't have bookmarks like ncftp2 does, but it has
> > command history and command line editing which is all I ask for)
> 
> TAB COMPLETION!  :-)
> 
> Hmm - seems ftp has gotten that, too, along with the command line
> editing (a merge from NetBSD that I'd forgotten).  I'll probably
> switch back :-)

How do you get tab completion and command history/command line editing
when using /usr/bin/ftp?  Mine doesn't do that.  (FreeBSD 2.2.5)

Thanks.

Ben.


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