From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: "Rick Rankin" , Cc: Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 18:15:00 -0000 Message-id: <00b701be6dc0$74e86bd0$41cd78cf@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00439.html >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. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Want to unsubscribe from this list? >> >> Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> Want to unsubscribe from this list? >> Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com >> > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: "Rick Rankin" , Cc: Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <00b701be6dc0$74e86bd0$41cd78cf@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00439.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.T1Y4wvgmCXa4ayLyiwKRCBfbYoVuBt5H6E77X4dooFs@z> >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. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Want to unsubscribe from this list? >> >> Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> Want to unsubscribe from this list? >> Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com >> > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com