On Tue, 31 May 2005, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Funny, I use lftp because it is user friendly. I don't use wget because > > it is not user friendly. > > Yes, very funny, since wget just gets the specified URL to local disk > and is done with it, whereas lftp requires some farting with -c, > quoting, and ftp commands which I have no interest in knowing anything > about if I can avoid it, otherwise it just barfs. See (any file will > do): > > > lftp ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/README.mirror-policy > cd: Access failed: 550 CWD command failed. (/pub/README.mirror-policy)
# lftp # open ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/ # get README.mirror-policy -o /where-i-want-it Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs & DVDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
