On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:01:05PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Friday 28 November 2003 21:03, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 10:37:48AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > >>and [/usr/bin/ftp] doesn't support HTTP. > > > > > > $ /usr/bin/ftp http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32524.html > > > Requesting http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32524.html > > > 100% |*************************************| 22559 35.32 KB/s > > > 00:00 ETA 22559 bytes retrieved in 00:00 (35.28 KB/s) > > > > Wow! Learn something new every day around here. > > Well, it's a rather new ftp(1), this feature came with lukemftp replacing the > former ftp. I believe Microsoft Windows still ships the old ftp client > thought. The version of ftp in 4.9-R also supports this feature and is documented in the man page. :-) In fact, it looks like it was added my Mike Smith back in June of 1997 (source was Luke Mewburn/NetBSD). Bob > > -- > ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi_at_freebsd.org > (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org > \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org -- Bob Willcox First Law of Procrastination: bob_at_immure.com Procrastination shortens the job and places the Austin, TX responsibility for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who imposed the deadline).Received on Sat Nov 29 2003 - 05:18:19 UTC
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