using wget for FETCH_CMD

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Mar 19), Brady Montz said:
> Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> writes:
> > In the last episode (Mar 19), Brady Montz said:
> >> The problem is, that I while I fetch does seem to be able to
> >> download HTTP urls, I can't get it to download FTP urls through
> >> the proxy.
> >> 
> >> I've tried various combinations of FTP_PROXY and FTP_PASSIVE_MODE.
> >> Is there anything else I can set?
> >
> > Setting FTP_PROXY to http://proxyserver:port/ works for me and a
> > squid proxy.  If it's using a proxy, I don't think FTP_PASSIVE_MODE
> > is checked.
> 
> Sadly, it doesn't work for me. And, as much as I hate this proxy
> server, it is what I have to go through.

What doesn't work, exactly?  Try comparing the output of 
"fetch -vv ftp://ftp.netscape.com/Welcome" and 
"wget -d ftp://ftp.netscape.com/Welcome".

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com