From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 30 17:41:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA26807 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:41:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA26802 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA23022; Wed, 1 May 1996 10:10:47 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605010040.KAA23022@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Running FTP as a slave process ... To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 10:10:46 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605010026.RAA08228@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 30, 96 05:26:26 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > It appears not to be in -current, is this correct? > > I don't know. It's on my 2.1 box. Likewise here, but we will be moving to 2.2 for some turnkey stuff that requires better Linux emulation. I don't want to have to carry it. > I'd expect it to be ther for FTP install, which would run into > the same problems you had trying to use a subprocess. FTP install sucks, I want to blow. (If you get the picture). > There's also ncftp (which is less ideal). As far as I can tell it's purely designed for interactive work. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[