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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libfetch/fetch.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libfetch/fetch.3 | 24 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 index aaf1a8d..c5a7b31 100644 --- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 +++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"- -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 26, 2010 +.Dd September 27, 2011 .Dt FETCH 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -318,9 +318,19 @@ and implement the FTP protocol as described in RFC959. .Pp If the +.Ql P +(not passive) flag is specified, an active (rather than passive) +connection will be attempted. +.Pp +The .Ql p -(passive) flag is specified, a passive (rather than active) connection -will be attempted. +flag is supported for compatibility with earlier versions where active +connections were the default. +It has precedence over the +.Ql P +flag, so if both are specified, +.Nm +will use a passive connection. .Pp If the .Ql l @@ -475,9 +485,11 @@ connections will be bound. .It Ev FTP_LOGIN Default FTP login if none was provided in the URL. .It Ev FTP_PASSIVE_MODE -If set to anything but +If set to .Ql no , -forces the FTP code to use passive mode. +forces the FTP code to use active mode. +If set to any other value, forces passive mode even if the application +requested active mode. .It Ev FTP_PASSWORD Default FTP password if the remote server requests one and none was provided in the URL. |
