Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:28:02 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: FTP and command-line multiple downloads Message-ID: <20030606222802.GA49534@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030606131021.GA64498@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20030214233406.GA3814@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030214233749.GB3888@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030215144637.GA45693@comp.chem.msu.su> <20030606131021.GA64498@comp.chem.msu.su>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:10:21PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > As far as I can see, this is a client-side problem of CURRENT's > > ftp(1). FreeBSD ftp(1) was completely replaced with "lukemftp," > > ftp client from NetBSD, in CURRENT a year ago. The commit message > > was promising: > >=20 > > ...Lukemftp supports most of the previous features of FreeBSD > > ftp, but has been better maintained and includes new features. > >=20 > > Unfortunately, this particular feature doesn't fall into that most; > > "lukemftp" can't seem to detect a glob pattern on the command line. >=20 > I must admit that I overlooked this feature in lukemftp. In fact, > lukemftp can download multiple files specified as a wildcard via ftp. > However, lukemftp accepts wildcards only in the "classic" ftp file > specification, i.e., host:path/file, and not in URLs. >=20 > Do you think the ability to use command-line wildcards should be > extended to URLs as well? Luke Mewburn may be convinced to do that > in his ftp client. Technically, the task is as easy as removing a > single logical subexpression from an "if" statement. lukem doesn't want to change it..I suppose the difference and workaround should be documented in the manpage. I'm happy with the workaround. Kris --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+4RVyWry0BWjoQKURAu88AJ0dFDsOHLN3Dp+kWchCqAVf+BIn0ACg+fdu v1gS8X4JdseTGreF594E6sw= =/TpJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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