RE: [flalug] ftp question

From: Larry Brown (larry.brown@dimensionnetworks.com)
Date: Sun Mar 07 2004 - 16:33:07 EST


That is only one of many things ncftp does. I don't think there is any
comparison in the exception that you have to download and install ncftp from
rpm or build it. It also has some bookmark function to it for commonly used
sites. I haven't used it and so don't know if it will remember logins or
how it works exactly. Maybe it remembers subfolders commonly accessed.
Anyway, I highly recommend you look at it if you haven't before.

Larry.

-----Original Message-----
From: flalug@nks.net [mailto:flalug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Eben King
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:50 AM
To: flalug@nks.net
Subject: RE: [flalug] ftp question

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Larry Brown wrote:

> If you get a change check out ncftp. The shell is much more like the bash
> shell such as using tab to fill in filenames. It also shows you the
> download time and speed of the download. It is run on the shell just like
> ftp. It also uses anonymous log and pass by default, so if you don't
> specify your login, it will automatically try anonymous.

You can make regular /bin/ftp do that for you too. Add this to ~/.netrc:

default
login anonymous
password youremailaddress

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