From owner-cvs-usrbin Wed Jun 25 18:54:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA26981 for cvs-usrbin-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 18:54:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA26968; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 18:54:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA03788; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:23:55 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706260153.LAA03788@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/ftp complete.c fetch.c util.c Makefile cmds.c cmdtab.c domacro.c extern.h ftp.1 ftp.c ftp_v In-Reply-To: <874tamly3w.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> from Thomas Gellekum at "Jun 25, 97 01:29:23 pm" To: tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Gellekum) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:23:54 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thomas Gellekum stands accused of saying: > Michael Smith writes: > > > - the ability to access files using either the ftp or http protocols, > > and use http proxies for ftp transfers. > > Does this mean we can nuke fetch(1)? I'm not entirely sure about that yet; fetch has a number of features that the new ftp doesn't (mirror mode most significantly). Any other opinions? > tg -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[