Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/03/13/21:17:02
I think let this thread die now!
We are talking too much unrelated stuff!!!
Thanks
Suhaib
-----Original Message-----
From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi <Ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com>
To: Rick Rankin <rrankin AT primenet DOT com>; N8TM AT aol DOT com <N8TM AT aol DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control
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>>Interesting. I do all my ftps from windows and have never had a problem. I
>>do use a GUI ftp client most of the time, however, not the command line
>one.
>>I have successfully used the command line one from the inet utils,
however,
>>and it does work from bash. I also use it from inside XEmacs on NT.
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>As i stated before, it is all personal preferences and experiecnes. I
often
>have to download over 80 MB archives. I had bad experiences with Windows
>ftp software.
>I am not a fan of Xemacs and Emacs anyway -- personal prefernces again --
>right?
>
>Suhaib
>
>>Rick
>>--
>>Rick Rankin
>>rrankin AT primenet DOT com
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
>>> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]On Behalf Of Suhaib M.
>>> Siddiqi
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:55 PM
>>> To: Rick Rankin; N8TM AT aol DOT com
>>> Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
>>> Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >Have you tried the ftp from inet utils port? I generally use
>>> that in place
>>> >of the NT one.
>>> >
>>>
>>> No I have not and I do not need either NT ftp nor inet utils port of
ftp.
>>> If I have to ftp something from command line I just swing my chair and
>ftp
>>> from my UNIX box (an other machine). Personally I had bad
>>> experiences with
>>> any ftp program on NT or Win95/98, particularly if I was downloading a
>big
>>> archive. Wins often messed it up. Therefoe, I prefer not ftp from any
>>> Windows machine, except a few small download via web browsers.
>>>
>>> --SMS
>>>
>>> >Rick
>>> >--
>>> >Rick Rankin
>>> >rrankin AT primenet DOT com
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
>>> >> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]On Behalf Of N8TM AT aol DOT com
>>> >> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:35 PM
>>> >> To: Ssiddiqi AT inspirepharm DOT com; rrankin AT primenet DOT com
>>> >> Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
>>> >> Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> In a message dated 3/13/99 5:23:31 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>>> >> Ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com writes:
>>> >>
>>> >> > If I rememebr correctly, a while ago, some user wrote he
>>> >> deleted cmd.exe and
>>> >> > replaced is by bash.exe.
>>> >> The ftp program under NT won't run under bash. Otherwise, I have
>>> >> no use for
>>> >> cmd.exe.
>>> >>
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