Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
There is, in addition to the 'ncftp' package, an 'ncftp2', described as an older version, but with an ncurses interface. If it supports the same r similar feature set as ncftp, then it should be able to resume, etc.On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:51:14PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 09:44:28PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:I'm on dialup and often access the internet via a slow computer by sshing into my fast computer (which has the modem).Right now, if I want to download something like an iso file via ftp (there being no rsync mirror available), I put the url in a file, e.g.No torrents either?No. For my current download, I found a mirror that also offers rsync (although it doesn't advertise it). However, lots of things are available via FTP that aren't available any other way.AFAIK mc can do ftp. I didn't use it much, but it might do most of what you need.3. It would be nice to have a curses interface like mc that lets me browse to the correct file, then tag the file for downloading which puts it into the above queue.mc can't resume; it only wants to overwrite, append, or cancel. Doug.
I use ncftp, so am not familiar with ncftp2, I just know it exists. -- Bob McGowan
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