Re: LYNX-DEV file downloading

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> In a recent note, Matt Ackeret said: 
>  
> > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:19:40 -0800 (PST) 
> >  
> > So using ncftp (or normal ftp, or whatever the user sets up as their FTP 
> > client 
> > as long as it has some established way of accepting a file path via command 
> > line or environment variable) is actually following the Unix philosophy  
> > more than Lynx having its own ftp implementation. 
> >  
> So you should edit lynx.cfg and define ncftp as (one of) your 
> DOWNLOADER command(s).  Sounds good to me. 
not exactly - aren't the DOWNLOADER commands usable only for disposing of
a file once Lynx has retrieved it?
  
> -- gil 


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