i use lftp bit hard but initially but now i know how it works i can down load files as easily as wget.
eg bash>lftp LFTP> help gives you help info on commands lftp>help get < displays on all options/switches for get command LFTP> open <- opens a link to a http or ftp server LFTP> get downloads the file LFTP> get -c continue from where you left off LFTP> get -p4 download splitting file into 4 blocks and d/l simunaliously. LFTP> exit < close lftp program. found it useful and good in the past. dave. On Friday 09 June 2006 13:45, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, can anyone recommend an ftp client programme? I am over KBear, > particularly now that it messes with my panel and makes the clock vanish > every time I start it, not to mention the way it crashes rather than > agree to transfer a file. > > (Before anyone suggests it, I'm not interested in trying to fix these > problems, I want to try a new package). > > cheers, > Roger
