WHAT IS LUKEMFTP? ----------------- `lukemftp' is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp client in NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org). The `lukem' comes from the account name of the NetBSD developer who wrote most of the enhancements: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>. This package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems. The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and derivatives) include: * command-line editing within ftp * command-line fetching of URLS, including support for: - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy) - authentication * configurable prompt * context sensitive command and filename completion * dynamic progress bar * feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389 (c.f: `feat' and `remopts') * extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group (c.f: `mlsd' and `mlst') * IPv6 support (from the WIDE project) * modification time preservation * paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings (c.f: `lpage', `page', `pdir') * passive mode support, with fallback to active mode * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (c.f: `fget') * `set option' override of ftp environment variables * socks4/socks5 support * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: `gate') * transfer-rate throttling (c.f: `-T', `rate') * uploading of files on the command line (c.f: `-u') INSTALLATION ------------ Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install lukemftp. FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS ---------------------- Please email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>. COPYRIGHT --------- lukemftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice. Please refer to the file `COPYING' for more information. AVAILABILITY ------------ The primary ftp site for lukemftp is: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lukemftp/