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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:44:51 +0000
From: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca>
To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Getting source tree via ftp
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 02:19:00PM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote:
> I tried to get the stable source tree as a tar file by
> going into usr.bin directory and typing get lex.tar as
> the handbook explains. The server I ftp'd into was of
> course ftp.freebsd.org.  When I typed get lex.tar I
> got "no such file or directory". What is going on? 
> 
> Also is usr.bin supposed to be inside the src
> directory, because the way the handbook is written,
> literaly it is saying that it should be found in
> Freebsd-stable directory.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wayne

Not all ftp servers support that functionality, it would
appear that ftp.beastie.tdk.net (aka ftp.freebsd.org) does
not.  

stable.freebsd.org on the other hand, does.

for freebsd-doc
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html

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