Re: find, ksh, and job control

["Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com>]

>Interesting. I do all my ftps from windows and have never had a problem. I
>do use a GUI ftp client most of the time, however, not the command line
one.
>I have successfully used the command line one from the inet utils, however,
>and it does work from bash. I also use it from inside XEmacs on NT.
>

As i stated before, it is all personal preferences and experiecnes.  I often
have to download over 80 MB archives.  I had bad experiences with Windows
ftp software.
I am not  a fan of Xemacs and Emacs anyway -- personal prefernces again --
right?

Suhaib

>Rick
>--
>Rick Rankin
>rrankin@primenet.com
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
>> [mailto:cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Suhaib M.
>> Siddiqi
>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:55 PM
>> To: Rick Rankin; N8TM@aol.com
>> Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
>> Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >Have you tried the ftp from inet utils port? I generally use
>> that in place
>> >of the NT one.
>> >
>>
>> No I have not and I do not need either NT ftp nor inet utils port of ftp.
>> If I have to ftp something from command line I just swing my chair and
ftp
>> from my UNIX box (an other machine).   Personally I had bad
>> experiences with
>> any ftp program on NT or Win95/98, particularly if I was downloading a
big
>> archive.  Wins often messed it up. Therefoe, I prefer not ftp from any
>> Windows machine, except a few small download via web browsers.
>>
>> --SMS
>>
>> >Rick
>> >--
>> >Rick Rankin
>> >rrankin@primenet.com
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
>> >> [mailto:cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of N8TM@aol.com
>> >> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:35 PM
>> >> To: Ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com; rrankin@primenet.com
>> >> Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
>> >> Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In a message dated 3/13/99 5:23:31 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> >> Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com writes:
>> >>
>> >> > If I rememebr correctly, a while ago, some user wrote he
>> >> deleted cmd.exe and
>> >> >  replaced is by bash.exe.
>> >> The ftp program under NT won't run under bash.  Otherwise, I have
>> >> no use for
>> >> cmd.exe.
>> >>
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