Can you download the files with lynx? ------------------------------- Alex Snow Email: alex_snow at gmx.net BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org The Computer Repair Guy: If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 1:45 PM Subject: ftp clients, was: Re: General question about Linux > 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. > > ------------------------------- > > Alex Snow > > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net > > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org > > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org > > The Computer Repair Guy: > > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
