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- From: h08f@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de (Faroul)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: FTP Guru needed
- Message-ID: <h08f.714160773@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 18:05:37 GMT
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- DonD@cup.portal.com (Don Robert DeCosta) writes:
-
- >I recently gained FTP access and I too am frustrated... There MUST be a way to
- >use LS to look for a file within a tree structure, there also MUST be a way
- >to read a .README file without FTPing it and then DOWNLOADing it and then MOREi
- >ng
- >it and then DELETEing it and going back for the actual file if you decide the
- >.README was interesting. AND there MUST be a way to get FTPed sites to not be
- >so picky about upper/lower case when CDing and GETing.. AND....
- To read a file within the site, do
- get file.readme |more
- ^here a space! NOT after the | (pipe-symbol) !
- You might do
- ls -lR local_file
- to get a l-ong R-ecursive dir of the site into a file (to print it and seek for
- files that might interest you).
- There is _really NO_ way to make ftp case-insensitive (sp?), as UNIX is case-
- sensitive! But you might try
- mget Very*
- and reply 'y' for the request instead of
- get VeryLong_and_UglyFileName.EndinG
-
- Faroul
-
- --
- Henning Peters (h08f@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de)
- or Faroul (in Nemesis or PaderMud)
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