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1WHAT IS LUKEMFTP?
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4`lukemftp' is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp
5client in NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org).  The `lukem' comes from
6the account name of the NetBSD developer who wrote most of the
7enhancements: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>.
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9This package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems.
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11The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and
12derivatives) include:
13	* command-line editing within ftp
14	* command-line fetching of URLS, including support for:
15	    - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy)
16	    - authentication
17	* configurable prompt
18	* context sensitive command and filename completion
19	* dynamic progress bar
20	* feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389
21	  (c.f: `feat' and `remopts')
22	* extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group
23	  (c.f: `mlsd' and `mlst')
24	* IPv6 support (from the WIDE project)
25	* modification time preservation
26	* paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings
27	  (c.f: `lpage', `page', `pdir')
28	* passive mode support, with fallback to active mode
29	* retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (c.f: `fget')
30	* `set option' override of ftp environment variables
31	* socks4/socks5 support
32	* TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: `gate')
33	* transfer-rate throttling (c.f: `-T', `rate')
34	* uploading of files on the command line (c.f: `-u')
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37INSTALLATION
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40Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install
41lukemftp.
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44FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
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47Please email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>.
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50COPYRIGHT
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53lukemftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice. Please refer to
54the file `COPYING' for more information.
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57AVAILABILITY
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60The primary ftp site for lukemftp is:
61	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lukemftp/
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