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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:23:54 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Gellekum)
Cc:        msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/ftp complete.c fetch.c util.c Makefile          cmds.c cmdtab.c domacro.c extern.h ftp.1 ftp.c ftp_v
Message-ID:  <199706260153.LAA03788@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <874tamly3w.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> from Thomas Gellekum at "Jun 25, 97 01:29:23 pm"

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Thomas Gellekum stands accused of saying:
> Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> 
> >    - the ability to access files using either the ftp or http protocols,
> >      and use http proxies for ftp transfers.
> 
> Does this mean we can nuke fetch(1)?

I'm not entirely sure about that yet; fetch has a number of features that
the new ftp doesn't (mirror mode most significantly).

Any other opinions?

> tg

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