From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2005-03-07 13:57:40
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<quote who="Keith MARSHALL"> > Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >>> I've just installed MinGW (plus MSYS and the DTK), but I can't use FTP >>> for anything. It tries to call Windows's FTP, and the FTP screen just >>> flashes by. When I invoke ftp with cmd /c ftp, I get this: >> >> If you are trying to use ftp in MSYS, just remove the 'ftp' file (not > the >> 'ftp.exe' file) located in the /bin directory. The 'ftp.exe' is an MSYS >> native app. > > Kind of begs the question: "Why is the scripted version there, in the > first > place?" > Yes, it is there to start the MS version in it's own COMSPEC window as the output from the MS ftp isn't displayed in RXVT. :( > I don't see 'ftp.exe' in an installation without the DTK, so presumably > the > the scripted version is to provide ftp capability for users of a bare > MSYS, > but then, I see no documented reference to removal of the script, for > users > of the DTK, in the supplied RTF documentation :-( And, in any case, > would > it not be cleaner to just include ftp.exe in the base MSYS package? > Sorry, about the lack of documentation. Supplying ftp.exe doesn't fit the stated goal of MSYS but it might be better than supplying the script. The fault belongs to the msysDTK installation for not removing the ftp script. > Thanks for the tip -- I wouldn't have realised this otherwise. Now, I > will > not need to fire up Cygwin, just to use ftp -- (IMO, Bill's implementation > is hideous, and quite unusable). > Someone wish to update http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki with this information? MinGWCautions would be a good place to put this information. Earnie -- http://www.mingw.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw https://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?user_id=15438 |