From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 6 05:18:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA16416 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 05:18:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA16410 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 05:18:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perrya@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA25172; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:18:22 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:18:22 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew To: anthony@sohopros.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help with ports? In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980405233557.008fb840@pop.flash.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Worked fine for me. Make sure you are in the /pub/FreeBSD/ports-2.2.5/www dir and not in the netscape4 dir. First I do binary then get netscape4.tar.gz seemed to work ok. Andrew Perry > I'm trying to get the port netscape4 from > /pub/FreeBSD/ports-2.2.5/www/. On page 94 > of "The Complete FreeBSD" the author says that > since these are directories you must tell ftp to > automatically to tar and gzip them by > typing get xmbase-...tar.gz. xmbase-grok.tar.gz > is the example he uses in the book. So if I > what to get the port netscape4 I should be > able to type get netscape4.tar.gz. When I try > this I get a error message saying no such file > exist. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message