Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:47:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kkenn@bns.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Piping ftp to stdout Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331014642.397W-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703310802.RAA02124@topdown.bns.com.au>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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. Fetch can do this fine with the -o option. Comes with FreeBSD 2.16 and later. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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