> I would like to be able to use a graphical client like xftp or xdir under Linux to
> simplify the ftp process. It's much easier to just select a directory and download
> the whole shebang than type mget and then each and every file name.
I just do
prompt off
mget *
for that.
> I was hoping that
> there was some sort of environment variable I could set for ftp, but I guess this
> isn't the case?
This probably only works with the NetBSD ftp client. However, I
believe that the gnu program `wget' also supports proxies in some
way, and that's handy for transferring entire directories and even
trees. (That's how I keep my CPAN archive up-to-date.)
> I think you mentioned 'socksifying my libc' or something like that,
> but I don't even know what that means, much less how to do it...
First find out whether your firewall supports ftp via socks. If it
does, phone me for more details. :-)
cjs
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