From owner-cvs-usrbin Wed Jun 25 19:01:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA27332 for cvs-usrbin-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 19:01:51 -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 TAA27322; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 19:01:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA03841; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:30:32 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706260200.LAA03841@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_var.h main In-Reply-To: from "[______ ______]" at "Jun 25, 97 05:59:45 pm" To: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:30:32 +0930 (CST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, 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 [______ ______] stands accused of saying: > On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > - commandline editing and history. > > > - local and remote filename completion. > > > - a new progress display. > > > - the ability to access files using either the ftp or http protocols, > > > and use http proxies for ftp transfers. > > > > Hmmmm. Maybe it's time to kill the evil fetch(1) then? :) > > Only when new ftp will handle {ftp,http}://user:password@host:port/path > URLs properly (f.e. not confused by @ in password, not confused by first > :, etc) You should read the documentation before sniping : FTP(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual FTP(1) NAME ftp - ARPANET file transfer program SYNOPSIS ftp [-a] [-d] [-e] [-g] [-i] [-n] [-U] [-p] [-P port] [-t] [-v] [-V] [host [port]] ftp ftp://[user:password@]host[:port]/file[/] ftp http://host[:port]/file ftp host:[/path/]file[/] > Andrey A. Chernov -- ]] 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 [[