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From: Kris Kennaway <kkenn@bns.com.au>
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Subject: Piping ftp to stdout
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:32:17 +0930 (CST)
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Is there some ftp-like utility which I ca use to pipe the retrieveddata 
of a file directly to stdout (ie through gzip, etc) without needing to 
save it on disk first then wait until it's finished? I know some ftp 
servers support server-side gzipping, but not all, and the are other 
utilities which would also be useful to use in place of it.

Thanks,

Kris

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