[GLLUG] ftp

[Jo Dillon]

On 26 Aug 2002 at 12:20, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> "chuck williams" <chuckwilliams1@netscape.net> writes:
> 
> > is passive mode an option in command line ftp? I could find just
> > "one" reference to it as PASV but that didn't help. Suppose I should
> > keep on readin' n lookin' ... thanks
> 
> If you have the same version of ftp that I do, you can turn
> passive mode on by passing -p on the command line.  But you're
> probably better off using a better ftp client, like lftp or
> ncftp.

  Typing 'passive' at the prompt has always worked for me.

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	Jo