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diff --git a/contrib/tnftp/README b/contrib/tnftp/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b3a12c --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/tnftp/README @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +WHAT IS LUKEMFTP? +----------------- + +`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>. + +This package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems. + +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) + - authentication + * configurable prompt + * context sensitive command and filename completion + * dynamic progress bar + * feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389 + (c.f: `feat' and `remopts') + * extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group + (c.f: `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') + * passive mode support, with fallback to active mode + * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (c.f: `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') + + +INSTALLATION +------------ + +Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install +lukemftp. + + +FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS +---------------------- + +Please email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>. + + +COPYRIGHT +--------- + +lukemftp 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/ |