On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:08:31AM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> > wget won't work because wget doesn't support passive mode
> Sure it does (at least in wget-1.5.2):
>
> # Many sites are behind firewalls that do not allow initiation of
> # connections from the outside. On these sites you have to use the
> # `passive' feature of FTP. If you are behind such a firewall, you
> # can turn this on to make Wget use passive FTP by default.
> passive_ftp = on
Hmmm... Be nice if they documented it. It's not in the man page
or info files and the only reference I found in the Doc files was in the
file NEWS. Finally found the option in /etc/wgetrc so I guess that solves
THAT problem.
Thanks!
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> Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike
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