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Date:      Thu, 3 Dec 1998 21:09:35 +0100
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Proposed addition to fetch(1)
Message-ID:  <19981203210935.A16110@klemm.gtn.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981203200743.A861@cons.org>; from Martin Cracauer on Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 08:07:43PM %2B0100
References:  <19981203200743.A861@cons.org>

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On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 08:07:43PM +0100, Martin Cracauer wrote:
> I plan to add this to fetch, unless anyone objects.
> 
>      -s          Ask server for size of file in bytes and print it to stdout.
>                  Do not actually fetch the file.
> 
> Actual diff appended.
> 
> I plan to use it for a `make fetchsize` target for ports, so that you
> can ask how much traffic you would cause before actually starting the
> fetch. 

What about the possibility of setting an environment variable
FETCH_MAX=3000
where 3000 = 3000 KByte = 3 MByte
Setting this variable in /etc/make.conf and fiddeling around in
bsd.port.mk could add a nice functionality ...

--
Andreas Klemm

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