From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Mar 4 15:44: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from orion.ac.hmc.edu (Orion.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E565537B8ED for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:44:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by orion.ac.hmc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01570; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:44:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:44:03 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Animepix Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packages. Message-ID: <20000304154403.A29235@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: <000001bf8625$0555bc40$0300a8c0@curt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <000001bf8625$0555bc40$0300a8c0@curt>; from animepix@netzero.net on Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 08:08:18AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [This belonged in freebsd-questions. Also, don't send HTML mail, it sucks.] On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 08:08:18AM -0600, Animepix wrote: > > hey im trying to download the packages in the 3.4-release dir, and for > some reason my ftp program thinks that the files are directory's, do > you have any idea why?, i mean this really sux :) > > hmm you think i should get a diffrent ftp proggie? :) i currentley use > CUTEFTP They are probably symbolic links. Many defective FTP clients think links are directories. They should download properly if you try. WS_FTP would probably work better, but you have to register it of it dies after a few weeks. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message