Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:39:59 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Kris Kennaway <kkenn@bns.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Piping ftp to stdout Message-ID: <333F866F.71B9@barcode.co.il> References: <199703310802.RAA02124@topdown.bns.com.au>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > > Is there some ftp-like utility which I ca use to pipe the retrieveddata > of a file directly to stdout (ie through gzip, etc) without needing to > save it on disk first then wait until it's finished? I know some ftp > servers support server-side gzipping, but not all, and the are other > utilities which would also be useful to use in place of it. > > Thanks, > > Kris > > || ,-./\ Kris Kennaway || "Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. || > ||/ \ || Dead. Dead. Dead. How can you apologize to them?" || > ||\_,-*_/ kkenn@ || "I..can't" "Then how can I forgive?" || > || v bns.com.au || - G'Kar and Vir, "Comes the Inquisitor", Babylon 5 || I think fetch will do that, as will wget and "lynx -dump -source" (both are in the ports somewhere). Look at their man pages. Nadav
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