[BL] busybox 1.01 ftpput help file is wrong
baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org
baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org
Tue Oct 23 09:26:49 EDT 2007
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
>>
>> Would one start wget with -c the first time
>> or just subsequent times?
>
> Subsequent times.
>
>> This is the only advantage I know of for busybox wget.
>
> There are several other advantages.
I would appreciate knowing what wget can do better than links besides
reume download, so I can use its features. The help screen is cryptic.
>> And in my experience busybox wget aborts transfers more
>> often than kermit ftp does.
>
> Kermit is too big for BL3.
I know, that is why Samir's ftp is nice.
>> There does not seem to be a non-busybox ftpput with
>> correct instructions, which makes it rather stupid
>> to refuse to fix the broken instructions.
>
> The only reason I put ftpput in BL3 was because of you.
> Since you don't like it, I will leave it out next time.
I was not asking to leave it out, just to somehow provide correct
instructions. Maybe as a man page? I am now using it all the time, with
remote-dir instead of remote-file. I have a script, and I can type put
filename. Actually one script per remote directory. No need to enter
password each time. I can't use links or wget to replace ftpput.
I am also using ftpget (which I compiled) instead of links and wget.
You don't need all three of those.
>> Anyone doing long transfers is likely to have installed
>> BL to hard disk
>
> Really? I often use wget from a minimal BL3.
And do long transfers to hard disk?
>> and should get the full wget.
>
> Why? The BL3 wget works fine for most purposes.
Can you download multiple files with one command?
Can it list files in a directory like links or ftp?
I would like to understand how it works.
>> For a minimal BL, is wget really needed?
>
> sigh... yes, wget is a really useful utility.
Other than resumed download, what should I be using it for that links does
not do?
>> If both ftpput and wget were omitted
>
> I am happy to omit ftpput. I will not omit wget.
I use ftpput much more than wget.
>> would it make space for Samir's asm ftp? 26K upx'ed.
>
> As I've said before, I will not be using upx for BL3.
I don't recall why not. There is space on disk 2 so I can add it, along
with vfat.o .
>> What does mdir do?
>
> Start ftp, then execute: ? mdir
> That will display help for the mdir command
>
list contents of multiple remote directories
I type mdir and get
(remote files)
I then type ls and get
(local file)
mdir
output to local file: mdir? y
it transferred something.
I now have a file mdir:
ftpd: ls: no such file or directory
As I said, the instructions are cryptic. I should find a man page for
some other ftp program.
Sindi
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