Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:36:13 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Automatic tarballs from ftp.freebsd.org? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129223431.4784H-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980129230507.18241A-100000@austral>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Mike Jeays wrote: > The handbook says that the FreeBSD server will automatically tar and gzip > a directory, but I can only get it to work without the gzip step: > > ie: > cd pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src > get sys.tar ------ works OK, sends me a tar file for sys/ > get sys.tar.gz ------ does not work > > Have I missed something, or is the handbook wrong? Well, both really. gzip'ing was taken out a while back to cut back on machine load; there was some comment to that effect in the message you get logging into ftp.freebsd.org; that tar'ing still works but gzip'ing has been disabled due to load considerations. That, and the handbook SHOULD be updated. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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