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diff --git a/network/tnftp/README b/network/tnftp/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5eb9a3e167d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/tnftp/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +`tnftp' is a `port' of the NetBSD FTP client to other systems. + +The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and +derivatives) include: + * command-line editing within ftp + * command-line fetching of URLS, including support for: + - http proxies (see $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy) + - authentication + * configurable prompt + * context sensitive command and filename completion + * dynamic progress bar + * feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389 + (see `feat' and `remopts') + * extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group + (see `mlsd' and `mlst') + * IPv6 support (from the WIDE project) + * modification time preservation + * paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings + (see `lpage', `page', `pdir') + * passive mode support, with fallback to active mode + * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (see `fget') + * `set option' override of ftp environment variables + * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (see `gate') + * transfer-rate throttling (see `-T', `rate') + * uploading of files on the command line (see `-u') + * (Dante) SOCKS5 support + +Previous features, currently disabled until a test system is available: + * SOCKS4 support |