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 archives 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/ftp/batchftp102.tar.Z (or whatever version is the
latest). The package contains documentation, and also see
/unix/ftp/batchftp.txt and ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/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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