ftp clients, was: Re: General question about Linux

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There is ncftp, but I have found it too complex for just going and doing a download once in a grate while. I've settled for first exploring the site with lynx, to see how it's mapped out, and then use the simple ftp client to do the actual download.
Greg


On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 01:31:00PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> The only command line app I hate with a passion is the command line ftp
> client.  I'd rather use a gui ftp client under winblows to get files off of
> ftp sites, and the only time I use the command line client is when I know
> the exact path of the filename, and not for unfamiliar servers.  If a better
> ftp client was written, i.e.  Allowing one to use arrows to select the file
> or dir, and press enter on it to download.
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