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From: jwe@che.utexas.edu (John W. Eaton)
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Subject: Re: FTP w/ BaSH interface
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Date: 16 Jan 91 06:32:06 GMT
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In article <278c15d2.150d@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
andy@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Andy Pippin <The Elf>) writes:
>
>	I remember reading a message about an ftp user agent with
>	a BaSh or BaSH-type interface.
>
>	If anyone could point me in the correct direction, I would 
>	be most thankful.

I have added GNU readline support into the 4.3BSD-Reno ftp and have
working versions on a Vaxstation 3200/Ultrix, a DEC 5810/Ultrix, a
Convex C-220/Convex Unix, and yes, even my Cray Y-MP8/864 :-).

You can get the patches via anonymous ftp from che.utexas.edu
(128.83.162.5).  In addition to the diffs and a few extra files,
you'll also need:

  * the 4.3BSD-Reno ftp source, available from uunet.uu.net in the
    directory bsd-sources/usr.bin/ftp.

  * the GNU readline library, which is distributed with bash and gdb,
    and is available from prep.ai.mit.edu. 

E-mail me if you don't have ftp access.  If there is sufficient
interest, I'll post the diffs.

--
John W. Eaton
jwe@che.utexas.edu
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin