Karl Berry wrote: > The gnupload script (which is in gnulib) depends on ncftpput. I found > it easier to write a replacement using plain old command line ftp than > to install ncftp.
Nothing against such a replacement script, if it works for you. The 'ftp' program on some Linux distros, however,(*) sometimes guesses wrong whether to use active or passive mode for the data connection. The symptom is that the "put" command hangs (times out) and only manages to create a zero-length file on the server. Whereas 'ncftp' always does the right thing regarding active/passive, in my experience. Bruno (*) Specifically openSUSE from 1 year ago.
