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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>2011-09-27 19:02:44 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>2011-09-27 19:02:44 +0000
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Document the fact that passive mode is now the default.
Update copyright dates and strip my middle name.
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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/fetch/fetch.116
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/fetch/fetch.c2
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
index 0dbbc0b..837ae4b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
+++ b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"-
-.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav
.\" All rights reserved.
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology; used
.\" by permission.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 14, 2008
+.Dd September 27, 2011
.Dt FETCH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -165,11 +165,13 @@ directory, with name(s) selected as in the default behaviour.
.It Fl P
.It Fl p
Use passive FTP.
-This is useful if you are behind a firewall which blocks incoming
-connections.
-Try this flag if
-.Nm
-seems to hang when retrieving FTP URLs.
+These flags have no effect, since passive FTP is the default, but are
+provided for compatibility with earlier versions where active FTP was
+the default.
+To force active mode, set the
+.Ev FTP_PASSIVE_MODE
+environment variable to
+.Ql NO .
.It Fl q
Quiet mode.
.It Fl R
diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.c b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.c
index 11b714f..8d26671 100644
--- a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.c
+++ b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*-
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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