Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sco!natei
From: natei@sco.COM (Nathaniel Ingersoll)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Remote "cat" during ftp connection
Summary: to /dev/tty
Message-ID: <3838@scolex.sco.COM>
Date: 18 Nov 89 01:18:57 GMT
References: <4579@jjmhome.UUCP>
Reply-To: natei@sco.COM (Nathaniel Ingersoll)
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Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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In article <4579@jjmhome.UUCP> km3t@jjmhome.UUCP (Dave Pascoe KM3T) writes:
:Is it possible to list text files during an ftp connection?  I had heard
:of sending remote commands (e.g., cat) while in ftp but don't know for sure.
:If it's possible, what is the syntax for sending remote commands?

you can always try, on UNIX, 

ftp> get remotefile /dev/tty

which will dump it to your screen.
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