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- From: mgleason@cse.unl.edu (Mike Gleason)
- Newsgroups: comp.sources.testers
- Subject: Testers wanted for ncftp
- Date: 12 Nov 1992 09:01:00 GMT
- Organization: NCEMRSoft
- Lines: 68
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1dt6gcINN5l@crcnis1.unl.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu
-
- I'm looking for some brave souls willing to test ncftp, an enhanced
- ftp interface shell. Testers should:
- a. Use ftp regularly;
- b. Be able to compile the source on a unix box. You should be
- somewhat familiar with your system in case something won't
- compile on your particular brand of unix.
- c. Programming savvy a plus, so if it core dumps you can run dbx and
- tell me what line in the code crashed.
-
- It was based on the bsd source to ftp, so it should compile on bsd compatible
- systems. It was written on IRIX, a hybrid of BSD and System V, but I
- would like it to compile on a true System V system.
-
- Specifically, I am interested in how you got it to compile if you got
- errors when you used 'make', and any bugs you find in the actual program
- once you get it running. I would also like comments on the documentation.
-
- E-mail me if you're interested, and I'll mail you out a shar-chive.
- Thanks,
- Mike Gleason.
-
- The blurb follows:
-
- ncftp - Alternative user interface for FTP
- version 1 rb 6 by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft.
-
- ncftp was created out of disgust with using the regular 'ftp'
- command found on many brands of Unix. People who spend a lot
- of time in ftp will want to install ncftp.
-
- Features:
-
- * No more typing 'anonymous' and your email address every time
- you want to ftp anonymously. You don't need to have the
- site in your .netrc.
-
- * No more typing complete site names. Sites in your .netrc
- can be abbreviated. Type 'o wuar' to call wuarchive.wustl.edu.
-
- * Use your pager (like 'more') to read remote files.
-
- * Transfers feature a progress meter.
-
- * Implicit cd.
-
- * Fancy prompts.
-
- * You can keep a log of your actions. See what the path was of
- that file you downloaded yesterday so you don't have to
- look for it today.
-
- * Built-in mini-nslookup.
-
- * The 'ls' command is ls -CF. Some ftp's ls was identical to 'dir.'
-
- * Don't need to 'close' a site, just open a new one.
-
- * Don't feel like typing a long filename? Use a wildcard in single
- file commands like get and page.
-
- * You can create empty remote files.
-
- * Detects when new mail arrives.
-
- * ncftp is quieter by default -- who cares if the PORT command was
- successful (if you do, turn verbose on :-).
- --
- --mg mgleason@cse.unl.edu
-