Bug#1733: ncftp problems
Firstly, if I a transfer (say from ftp.debian.org) is aborted halfway
through, attempting to get the same file produces the incorrect
message `Already have <foo>', and I have to use `-f'.
Secondly, ncftp should have been compiled with readline support :-).
Ian.
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> get sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
sysklogd-1.2-13.deb: 60%
[1]+ Stopped ncftp debian
You have mail in /usr/spool/mail/ian
-chiark:~> kill %1
[1]+ Stopped ncftp debian
-chiark:~> ncftp debian
NcFTP 2.1.0 (July 15, 1995), by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft.
Current local directory is /u/ian/download.
Trying to connect to ftp.debian.org...
**********************************************************************
WELCOME TO
C E N T R A L M I C H I G A N U N I V E R S I T Y
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
**********************************************************************
Hello, user at chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk.
You are currently user 8 out of a possible 200 in your class.
If you experience problems with this archive or if you have comments or
questions about this archive, please contact ftpadmin@ftp.cps.cmich.edu.
Anonymous users: Please use a real e-mail address as your password,
not "root", "Netscape", "WWWuser", etc., and please keep the number of
connections to one. If this becomes a problem, we will deny access to
your machine, or even to your entire domain.
The official Debian GNU/Linux archive is located on this machine in the
directory /debian.
NOTE: This site allows the .tar.gz convention, but please note that 99%
of the files on this site are already compressed. Therefore, .gz
should not be used, as it creates unnecessary load on the server.
Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
The current version of Debian GNU/Linux is 0.93 Release 6.
For more information about Debian GNU/Linux, please visit the World
Wide Web page http://www.debian.org/.
Please read the file README.DEBIAN
it was last modified on Fri Sep 1 14:07:45 1995 - 51 days ago
Please read the file README.mirrors
it was last modified on Fri Oct 20 09:53:02 1995 - 2 days ago
debian:/debian> private/project/Incoming
Permission denied.
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> dir
total 9928
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 36046 Oct 21 23:17 bc-1.03-8.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 20782 Oct 21 23:16 bc-1.03-8.diff.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 121749 Oct 21 23:16 bc-1.03-8.tar.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 24010 Oct 21 23:18 dc-1.03-8.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 172372 Oct 21 23:18 diff-2.7-5.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 8982 Oct 21 23:16 diff-2.7-5.diff.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 318922 Oct 21 23:17 diff-2.7-5.tar.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 98572 Oct 21 23:18 ed-0.2-8.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 7572 Oct 21 23:17 ed-0.2-8.diff.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 192588 Oct 21 23:17 ed-0.2-8.tar.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 95327 Oct 21 23:18 indent-1.9.1-12.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 5442 Oct 21 23:17 indent-1.9.1-12.diff.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 164424 Oct 21 23:17 indent-1.9.1-12.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 43066 Oct 21 15:40 infocom-4.01pl2-1.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 3139 Oct 21 15:40 infocom-4.01pl2-1.diff.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 85637 Oct 21 15:40 infocom-4.01pl2-1.tar.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 30720 Oct 22 13:38 netbase-1.19-1-diffs.tar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 337920 Oct 22 13:42 netbase-1.19-1-src.tar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 172269 Oct 22 13:40 netbase-1.19-1.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 402 Oct 22 13:39 netbase-1.19-1.md5
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 194560 Oct 22 13:45 netstd-1.19-1-diffs.tar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 1771520 Oct 22 14:09 netstd-1.19-1-src.tar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 647650 Oct 22 14:14 netstd-1.19-1.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 396 Oct 22 14:10 netstd-1.19-1.md5
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 84706 Oct 21 23:18 sharutils-4.1-7.deb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 9739 Oct 21 23:17 sharutils-4.1-7.diff.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 debian 175230 Oct 21 23:17 sharutils-4.1-7.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 23868 Oct 21 15:40 sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 15516 Oct 21 15:40 sysklogd-1.2-13.diff.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 36042 Oct 21 15:40 sysklogd-1.2-13.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 2946 Oct 21 15:40 watch-1.0-1.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10000 debian 6424 Oct 21 15:40 watch-1.0-1.tar.gz
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> get sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
Already have sysklogd-1.2-13.deb.
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming> get -f sysklogd-1.2-13.deb
sysklogd-1.2-13.deb: sysklogd-1.2-13.deb: 23868 bytes received in 8.78 seconds, 2.65 kB/s.
debian:/debian/private/project/Incoming>
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