On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 11:34 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > On May 16, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Dag Wieers wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 May 2005, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote: > > > >> Well, this came up because perl CPAN wants to use ncftpget to > >> download files, > >> and it couldn't find it on my system... does lftp contain a functional > >> equivalent? > > > > It includes lftpget. It seems strange to me that CPAN is using ncftp > > and > > does not look for any alternatives. You may have to look into that > > first. > > This can easily be modified in your CPAN configuration, or via the CPAN > shell: > > [jason@polaris jason]$ ./perl5/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell > Terminal does not support AddHistory. > > cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601) > ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN') > > cpan> o conf ncftpget /usr/bin/lftpget > ncftpget /usr/bin/lftpget > > You can save it permanently in your /path/to/CPAN/Config.pm. > > -- > Jason Dixon > DixonGroup Consulting > http://www.dixongroup.net > > ugggg...ok so my ignorance will surely come alive...someone please tell me that this lftpget ncftpget stuff is not related to clamav...if it is then I am really in trouble!!! ...I have no clue! thx John Rose -- ...you ever notice the look on your neighbors face when you start talking about linux?