Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!st13y From: st13y@menudo.uh.edu (Chris B. Viles) Subject: Re: Amiga FTPing Message-ID: <1991Jun24.141750.18370@menudo.uh.edu> Organization: University of Houston References: <1991Jun21.034454.1142@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <1991Jun24.041800.7222@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Distribution: comp Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 14:17:50 GMT In article <1991Jun24.041800.7222@ucselx.sdsu.edu> civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu writes: >In article , wemmpd@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Peter Wemm) writes... >>civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu (FURRY R) writes: >> >>>>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!!! >> >>>> Brian Slesinsky >>>> II9Y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu >> >>How about "get filename /dev/tty" on a unix machine... >>-- > > All that good info is great. Thanks guys. Only problem is, I use a >VAX (waiting for collective "ah, poor Scott" from everybody) about 90% >of the time. And that includes most of my FTPing. Hmm. Oh well. > What you can do, however, is get the file you want, and SPAWN out to another process, and read the file there. After you read the file, log out of that process, and you will be returned to ftp. It's a long way to do it, but it works. Chris Viles st13y@menudo.uh.edu "How do you stop this crazy thing?!?!"