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Date:      Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:41:09 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Adam David <adam@veda.is>
To:        peter@spinner.dialix.com (Peter Wemm)
Cc:        asami@cs.berkeley.edu, committers@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, jmz@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: review: ftpget final source
Message-ID:  <199606171241.MAA09783@veda.is>
In-Reply-To: <199606170859.QAA00412@spinner.DIALix.COM> from Peter Wemm at "Jun 17, 96 04:59:46 pm"

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> Not meaning to rain on the parade, but I think ftpget is a bad name now... 
> One port (squid) installs /usr/local/bin/ftpget, and I dread the confusion 
> that this may cause....
> 
> Also, since it does both ftp and http fetches, ftpget is an increasingly 
> inappropriate name..  Could we rename it to something like (say) netget..  
> (I know, that's a boring and uninspiring name...)

'fetch' seems to fit, and is easier to pronounce.

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Adam David <adam@veda.is>



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