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From: pvo3366@sapphire.OCE.ORST.EDU (Paul O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Simtel Shell
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Date: 7 Oct 89 01:00:20 GMT
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In article <252B9C44.3966@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs3sd3ai@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Tigger) writes:
>I'm having some porblems writing a script to auto download files from
>the Simtel archives.  
>
>What am I doing wrong? 


The problem is that your not using bftp or bftptool (batch ftp).
Don't reinvent what Annette Deschon has already done a beautiful job on.

Available from venera.isi.edu via ftp.

		~ftp/pub/BFTP.210.tar.Z



Paul O'Neill                 pvo@oce.orst.edu
Coastal Imaging Lab
OSU--Oceanography
Corvallis, OR  97331         503-754-3251