using wget for FETCH_CMD

[Brady Montz]

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. 

So, is there any way to get back to using wget? I have my doubts that
fetch is going to be able to do the job.

-- 
 Brady Montz
 bradym at balestra.org