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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>2000-06-29 10:35:24 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>2000-06-29 10:35:24 +0000
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Note that the -h, -c and -f options are deprecated, and remove note that
incorrectly stated that they were not implemented. Document the -d option.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
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--- a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
+++ b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@
.Nd retrieve a file by Uniform Resource Locator
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl 146AFHMPRalmnpqrsv
+.Op Fl 146AFHMPRadlmnpqrsv
.Op Fl B Ar bytes
.Op Fl S Ar bytes
.Op Fl T Ar seconds
.Op Fl o Ar file
.Op Fl w Ar seconds
-.Ar URL
-.Op Ar ...
+.Op Fl h Ar host
+.Op Fl c Ar dir
+.Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Ar URL ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Fetch
provides a command-line interface to the
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ flag).
The file to retrieve is in directory
.Ar dir
on the remote host.
+This option is deprecated and is provided for backward compatibility
+only.
+.It Fl d
+Use a direct connection even if a proxy is configured.
.It Fl F
In combination with the
.Fl r
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@ different modification times.
The file to retrieve is named
.Ar file
on the remote host.
+This option is deprecated and is provided for backward compatibility
+only.
.It Fl H
When using passive FTP, allocate a high port for the data connection.
See
@@ -99,6 +107,8 @@ for details on how to specify which port range this corresponds to.
.It Fl h Ar host
The file to retrieve is located on the host
.Ar host .
+This option is deprecated and is provided for backward compatibility
+only.
.It Fl l
If the target is a file-scheme URL, make a symbolic link to the target
rather than trying to copy it.
@@ -226,13 +236,8 @@ options are no longer supported and will generate warnings.
They were workarounds for bugs in other OSes which this implementation
does not trigger.
.Pp
-The
+One cannot both use the
+.Fl h ,
+.Fl c and
.Fl f
-and
-.Fl h
-options (used for specifying an file to fetch and a host to fetch
-from) are no longer supported and will generate errors.
-Use URLs.
-RFC1738 is your friend.
-.Xr fetch 3
-library.
+options and specify URLs on the command line.
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