On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 03:28:02PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:10:21PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > > I must admit that I overlooked this feature in lukemftp. In fact, > > lukemftp can download multiple files specified as a wildcard via ftp. > > However, lukemftp accepts wildcards only in the "classic" ftp file > > specification, i.e., host:path/file, and not in URLs. > > > > Do you think the ability to use command-line wildcards should be > > extended to URLs as well? Luke Mewburn may be convinced to do that > > in his ftp client. Technically, the task is as easy as removing a > > single logical subexpression from an "if" statement. > > lukem doesn't want to change it..I suppose the difference and > workaround should be documented in the manpage. I'm happy with the > workaround.
As a matter of fact, the feature is documented well in the section AUTO-FETCHING FILES of lukem's ftp(1), though no words are said on how it differs from the older FreeBSD ftp client, naturally. We can create a customized manpage version that will explicitly describe the difference. Does it sound reasonable? -- Yar _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
