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diff --git a/ftp/tnftp/pkg-descr b/ftp/tnftp/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c7e444870259 --- /dev/null +++ b/ftp/tnftp/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +`tnftp' (formerly lukemftp) is what many users affectionately call the enhanced +ftp client in NetBSD. + +The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD include: + * command-line editing within ftp + * command-line fetching of URLS, including support for: + - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy) + - authentication + * context sensitive command and filename completion + * dynamic progress bar + * 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 + * `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') |