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WHAT IS TNFTP?
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`tnftp' is a `port' of the NetBSD FTP client to other systems.
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See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for more details about NetBSD.
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tnftp was formerly known as `lukemftp'
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It was renamed to `tnftp' by Luke Mewburn in February 2003.
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The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and
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derivatives) include:
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* command-line editing within ftp
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* command-line fetching of URLS, including support for:
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- http proxies (see $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy)
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- authentication
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* configurable prompt
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* context sensitive command and filename completion
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* dynamic progress bar
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* feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389
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(see `feat' and `remopts')
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* extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group
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(see `mlsd' and `mlst')
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* IPv6 support (from the WIDE project)
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* modification time preservation
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* paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings
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(see `lpage', `page', `pdir')
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* passive mode support, with fallback to active mode
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* retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (see `fget')
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* `set option' override of ftp environment variables
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* TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (see `gate')
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* transfer-rate throttling (see `-T', `rate')
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* uploading of files on the command line (see `-u')
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* (Dante) SOCKS5 support
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Previous features, currently disabled until a test system is available:
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* SOCKS4 support
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INSTALLATION
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Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install tnftp.
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FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
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Please email feedback back to the maintainer:
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Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>.
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COPYRIGHT
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tnftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice.
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Please refer to the file `COPYING' for more information.
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AVAILABILITY
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The primary ftp site for tnftp is:
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ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tnftp/
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DOCUMENT REFERENCE
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------------------
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$NetBSD: README,v 1.10 2007/08/06 01:58:57 lukem Exp $
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