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-WHAT IS LUKEMFTP?
------------------
+WHAT IS TNFTP?
+--------------
-`lukemftp' is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp
-client in NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org). The `lukem' comes from
-the account name of the NetBSD developer who wrote most of the
-enhancements: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>.
+`tnftp' is a `port' of the NetBSD FTP client to other systems.
+See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for more details about NetBSD.
-This package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems.
+tnftp was formerly known as `lukemftp'
+It was renamed to `tnftp' by Luke Mewburn in February 2003.
The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and
derivatives) include:
* command-line editing within ftp
* command-line fetching of URLS, including support for:
- - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy)
+ - http proxies (see $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy)
- authentication
* configurable prompt
* context sensitive command and filename completion
* dynamic progress bar
* feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389
- (c.f: `feat' and `remopts')
+ (see `feat' and `remopts')
* extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group
- (c.f: `mlsd' and `mlst')
+ (see `mlsd' and `mlst')
* IPv6 support (from the WIDE project)
* modification time preservation
* paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings
- (c.f: `lpage', `page', `pdir')
+ (see `lpage', `page', `pdir')
* passive mode support, with fallback to active mode
- * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (c.f: `fget')
+ * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (see `fget')
* `set option' override of ftp environment variables
- * socks4/socks5 support
- * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: `gate')
- * transfer-rate throttling (c.f: `-T', `rate')
- * uploading of files on the command line (c.f: `-u')
+ * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (see `gate')
+ * transfer-rate throttling (see `-T', `rate')
+ * uploading of files on the command line (see `-u')
+ * (Dante) SOCKS5 support
+
+Previous features, currently disabled until a test system is available:
+ * SOCKS4 support
INSTALLATION
------------
-Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install
-lukemftp.
+Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install tnftp.
FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
----------------------
-Please email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>.
+Please email feedback back to the maintainer:
+ Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>.
COPYRIGHT
---------
-lukemftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice. Please refer to
-the file `COPYING' for more information.
+tnftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice.
+Please refer to the file `COPYING' for more information.
AVAILABILITY
------------
-The primary ftp site for lukemftp is:
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lukemftp/
+The primary ftp site for tnftp is:
+ ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tnftp/
+
+
+DOCUMENT REFERENCE
+------------------
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.10 2007/08/06 01:58:57 lukem Exp $
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