Hrvoje Niksic wrote:

>> Martin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> 2. Perhaps wget should implement:
>> --passive-ftp=on
>> --passive-ftp=off
>> as well as plain "--passive-ftp" (same as "-passive-ftp=on")
>
> This is not entirely obvious (to put it mildly), but you can always
> use `-e passive_ftp=off'.

Thanks!


>> 1. Perhaps wget should obey the setting of environment variable
>> FTP_PASSIVE_MODE (=&quot;NO&quot; or &quot;YES&quot;)?

> Do other programs obey that variable?  Are its semantics defined
> somewhere?

Yes, FreeBSD's "fetch" command uses that, probably via "libftpio".  I think
the semantics are that "FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=No" (upper or lower case No) turns
Passive Mode Off, while any other values turn Passive Mode On (but I can't
check the source code while I'm at work!).

FreeBSD's Ports use "fetch" to downloading source files;  but I think "wget"
is nicer.  Switching from "fetch" to "wget" is easy: you just change a
makefile include :-)


Many thanks!

- Martin.

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