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From: mfg@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Amiga FTPing
Message-ID: <11219@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Jun 91 09:12:51 GMT
References: <1991Jun19.230107.5607@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <1991Jun21.034454.1142@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
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civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu (FURRY R) writes:

>In article <1991Jun19.230107.5607@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, ii9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes...
>>Hello, I'm new to FTPing and have a few questions:
>>3) Is there any way to look at the contents of a readme file without exiting
>>ftp?

>Don't think so.  If there is LET ME KNOW!!!

You don't say what sort of system you're running on.  If it's UNIX then
"get README /dev/tty" will work.  Alternatively, if you have multiple 
windows up, you can send the output to one of them,
e.g. "get README /dev/ttyp1", or whatever pty your other window is using.

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