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179971SobrienWHAT IS LUKEMFTP? 279971Sobrien----------------- 379971Sobrien 479971Sobrien`lukemftp' is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp 579971Sobrienclient in NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org). The `lukem' comes from 679971Sobrienthe account name of the NetBSD developer who wrote most of the 779971Sobrienenhancements: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>. 879971Sobrien 979971SobrienThis package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems. 1079971Sobrien 1179971SobrienThe enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and 1279971Sobrienderivatives) include: 1379971Sobrien * command-line editing within ftp 1479971Sobrien * command-line fetching of URLS, including support for: 1579971Sobrien - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy) 1679971Sobrien - authentication 1779971Sobrien * configurable prompt 1879971Sobrien * context sensitive command and filename completion 1979971Sobrien * dynamic progress bar 2079971Sobrien * feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389 2179971Sobrien (c.f: `feat' and `remopts') 2279971Sobrien * extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group 2379971Sobrien (c.f: `mlsd' and `mlst') 2479971Sobrien * IPv6 support (from the WIDE project) 2579971Sobrien * modification time preservation 2679971Sobrien * paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings 2779971Sobrien (c.f: `lpage', `page', `pdir') 2879971Sobrien * passive mode support, with fallback to active mode 2979971Sobrien * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (c.f: `fget') 3079971Sobrien * `set option' override of ftp environment variables 3179971Sobrien * socks4/socks5 support 3279971Sobrien * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: `gate') 3379971Sobrien * transfer-rate throttling (c.f: `-T', `rate') 3479971Sobrien * uploading of files on the command line (c.f: `-u') 3579971Sobrien 3679971Sobrien 3779971SobrienINSTALLATION 3879971Sobrien------------ 3979971Sobrien 4079971SobrienRefer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install 4179971Sobrienlukemftp. 4279971Sobrien 4379971Sobrien 4479971SobrienFEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS 4579971Sobrien---------------------- 4679971Sobrien 4779971SobrienPlease email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>. 4879971Sobrien 4979971Sobrien 5079971SobrienCOPYRIGHT 5179971Sobrien--------- 5279971Sobrien 5379971Sobrienlukemftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice. Please refer to 5479971Sobrienthe file `COPYING' for more information. 5579971Sobrien 5679971Sobrien 5779971SobrienAVAILABILITY 5879971Sobrien------------ 5979971Sobrien 6079971SobrienThe primary ftp site for lukemftp is: 6179971Sobrien ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lukemftp/ 62