Subject: Automated downloads (see this)

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 Q: The ftp session is repetitive and tedious, and the connection is
not always available. Is there any way to automate getting files
from Garbo by anonymous ftp.

 A: Yes, there is a useful facility called batchftp by Shawn Cooper,
which achieves this if you have a BSD Unix system. You can get it by
downloading /unix/networking/ftp/batchftp102.tar.Z (or whatever
version is the latest). The package contains documentation, and also
see /unix/networking/ftp/batchftp.txt and /unix/ts/0newsu93.txt for
brief instructions. This system has the added advantage of cutting
down the unnecessary idle time inherent in "manual" ftp connections.
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