Date: 02 Mar 1998 08:55:47 +0100 From: sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Getting STABLE via ftp doesn't work Message-ID: <y9lsop1y1a4.fsf@modas.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
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The Handbook describes that ftp.freebsd.org sends out compressed tar files of directory trees. This doesn't work. How *do* I get a STABLE source tree? (I can't use CVSup for reasons described in a bug report I just filed.) lula[50] ftp ftp.freebsd.org Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com. 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-2.0.11 Thu Feb 5 10:39:42 PST 1998) ready. Name (ftp.freebsd.org:sperber): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd /pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get src.tar.Z local: src.tar.Z remote: src.tar.Z 200 PORT command successful. 550 src.tar.Z: No such file OR directory. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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