William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, John Summerfield wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 wrote:
Hi all,
In F7, ncftp-3.2.0 would gladly use the IPV6 address of a host if
offered. In F8, ncftp-3.2.1 ignores the v6 address in favor of the v4
address. I understand that a patch is required. Does anyone know if
it will be added as errata in the lifetime of F8?
I thought ncftp had died. I used it as far back as my OS/2, but about
ncftp 3.x I think it was it was changed incompatibly and became less
useful to me.
These days I use lftp as my preferred ftp client. I think it's part of
the default set.
I'm sorry, I have to ask.
How does that being to answer the OP's question? I mean it doesn't
even say
that lftp does what the OP wants. Some folks may consider that answer
almost as bad as a poorly formed question.
I'm sure Bill will ask for clarification if he needs it.
I don't know whether it does IP6 because I don't use IP6 and don't
even know where to go to test it. However, Bill's a capable fellow and
well able to install it and try it.
Functionally, ncftp and lftp do a pretty similar job.
Hi, John and Ed,
John: I also started using ncftp when i was Warped, and loved it.
I still do. If you don't use IPV6, you should. Poke around at
I got a bit peeved when I had to rewrite some scripts that I used for
downloading via crontabs. I now use lynx when I need to generate a list
of URNs and wget for that. However, lftp is a fine client, and does
pretty much all I need.
OTOH I first used pine on OS/2 and still do, though not for everything.
It's especially good as the final spam filter:-)
www.aarnet.edu.au and grab a tunnel. It's fun! If you're interested
and need help, just yell.
One can only have so much fun! My latest toy is YAC on which I run F8
and plan on running virtual machines.
Ed: My reaction to John's post was identical to yours, but I know what
to expect from him after all these years on the list. I guess I have a
fondness for him because we were once OS/2 users. <grin>
I might dig out a Warp Connect CD and see whether it runs. A mate still
uses OS/2. Just as a server, hiding behind Trustix.
--
Cheers
John
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