4 `lukemftp' is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp
5 client in NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org). The `lukem' comes from
6 the account name of the NetBSD developer who wrote most of the
7 enhancements: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>.
9 This package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems.
11 The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD (and
13 * command-line editing within ftp
14 * command-line fetching of URLS, including support for:
15 - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy)
18 * context sensitive command and filename completion
19 * dynamic progress bar
20 * feature negotiation extensions from RFC 2389
21 (c.f: `feat' and `remopts')
22 * extensions to ftp from the IETF ftpext working group
23 (c.f: `mlsd' and `mlst')
24 * IPv6 support (from the WIDE project)
25 * modification time preservation
26 * paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings
27 (c.f: `lpage', `page', `pdir')
28 * passive mode support, with fallback to active mode
29 * retrieval of filenames listed in a given file (c.f: `fget')
30 * `set option' override of ftp environment variables
31 * socks4/socks5 support
32 * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: `gate')
33 * transfer-rate throttling (c.f: `-T', `rate')
34 * uploading of files on the command line (c.f: `-u')
40 Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install
44 FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
45 ----------------------
47 Please email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>.
53 lukemftp is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice. Please refer to
54 the file `COPYING' for more information.
60 The primary ftp site for lukemftp is:
61 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lukemftp/