On Sunday 01 February 2004 02:47 pm, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 14:22, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > > The real reason ftp still exists is anonymous file access. in that > > context what's important is that someone not be able to root the box > > through the ftp server, hog resources, or fill directories up with > > warez... > I've actually been pondering why most folks haven't simply replaced > anonymous FTP with HTTP. Recursive snarfing works much better with FTP than HTTP. I do this for RPM transfer from a fellow that builds PostgreSQL RPMs for older releases, and puts them on an HTTP server. Getting multiple files off of an HTTP server with one command (via automation, even) is more difficult than just issuing a recursive wget on an anon ftp server. That is, unless you want all that trash the default apache directory listing throws in there too.... -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu
