Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:50:09 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "jhunt@blaz.niinet.net" <jhunt@blaz.homeip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: default ftp program in FreeBSD Message-ID: <14959.34385.670249.138287@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <200101250129.f0P1Taj08597@blaz.niinet.net> References: <14959.25986.738397.479444@guru.mired.org> <200101250129.f0P1Taj08597@blaz.niinet.net>
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jhunt@blaz.niinet.net <jhunt@blaz.homeip.net> types: > On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:30:10 -0600 (CST), Mike Meyer said: > | I don't know what you're comparing it to, but ncftp is available for > | Linux, and to me is mostly just adds convenience changes to ftp (at > | least for the early versions of ncftp). > What I like about the FreeBSD version of ftp, it when you are > downloading a file it actually SHOWS the status of whats going on. I think every version of ncftp does that. I've seen a number of different ways, though. Ncftp shows a line like so: freedice206_37.lzh: ETA: 0:03 352.17/612.50 kB 100.59 kB/s With the values on the right being updated as the download goes on. ,mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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