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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: BasicLinux List <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [BL] FTP was: (pure-ftpd pppd passwd)
  • Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:04:30 +1300

Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> ~/<#>wget ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/
> Connecting to ftp.slackware.com[207.173.172.131]:21
> wget: RETR: /pub/slackware/: Not a regular file

Sorry about that. When I tested it (just before sending
my message), I did a HTTP query (which worked) instead of
a FTP query (which doesn't).

FTP query:
--------------------------------------------------------
<$>wget ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/slackware/
Connecting to ftp.nluug.nl[192.87.102.36]:21
wget: RETR: Failed to open file.
--------------------------------------------------------

HTTP query:
----------------------------------------------------------
<$>wget http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/slackware/
Connecting to ftp.nluug.nl[192.87.102.36]:80
index.html 100% |********************************| 3290
----------------------------------------------------------

> it doesn't seem to allow one to find out what's
> available on the server.

In most cases it is possible to get around this
by putting http:// instead of ftp://

It appears that the BL3 wget automatically
does a RETR when it processes ftp://

This doesn't happen when it processes http://

Cheers,
Steven




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