ftp clients, was: Re: General question about Linux

[Alex Snow]

Can you download the files with lynx?
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Alex Snow
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The Computer Repair Guy:
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 1:45 PM
Subject: ftp clients, was: Re: General question about Linux


> There is ncftp, but I have found it too complex for just going and doing a
download once in a grate while. I've settled for first exploring the site
with lynx, to see how it's mapped out, and then use the simple ftp client to
do the actual download.
> Greg
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 01:31:00PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > The only command line app I hate with a passion is the command line ftp
> > client.  I'd rather use a gui ftp client under winblows to get files off
of
> > ftp sites, and the only time I use the command line client is when I
know
> > the exact path of the filename, and not for unfamiliar servers.  If a
better
> > ftp client was written, i.e.  Allowing one to use arrows to select the
file
> > or dir, and press enter on it to download.
> > -------------------------------
> > Alex Snow
> > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net
> > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org
> > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org
> > The Computer Repair Guy:
> > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is!
>
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