On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:33:50 +1200 "Mehra, Sachiv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what's a good ftp program to use for 'un assisted" downloading, like bullet > proof ftp or any of those ones that just keep retrying etc. > > Also is there a program to let me remote a linux box over the internet? and > uses HTTP tunneling? > > Howdy from NZ :) > > Sachiv > actually, if what you need is 100% reliability, nothing beats lftp. Nothing. not only it keeps retrying, it never hangs, it's fast and it's easy to use. -------------- here's a little story ;oP last night i decided to dload an iso of slackware to give it a try and started getting it with lftp running inside a terminal window. later on, i started playing with libs and stuff, and i manage to crash the X server. obviously, the terminal window that was running lftp died, too... but you know what? lftp itself was not only alive, the bastard just kept downloading like nothing! i could see it with a process manager ( like top ) and check on it's progress by checking the size of the growing .iso file on my disk. impressive. the download finished successfully, and then, only then, lftp died. the md5sums for my files checked correctly... ya know.. everything kool. te moral on this story? Slackware's installation SUCKS! hehehehe ---------- lftp is a commandline program. you type " lftp ftp.server.com " and from that moment on, you walk thru it just like the ftp is a local directory ( you can use cd, ls, you can complete filenames using the <tab> key, etc.. ) and then you use 'get [filename]' to download. (the downloaded file goes to the directory from where you started lftp, so be sure to go to the right place before you start ). oh and remote administration... i'm not sure about tunneling, but webmin is the coolest remote admin tool i know.. HTH Damian >
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