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I'm looking for some brave souls willing to test ncftp, an enhanced
ftp interface shell.  Testers should:
a.  Use ftp regularly;
b.  Be able to compile the source on a unix box.  You should be
	somewhat familiar with your system in case something won't
	compile on your particular brand of unix.
c.  Programming savvy a plus, so if it core dumps you can run dbx and
	tell me what line in the code crashed.

It was based on the bsd source to ftp, so it should compile on bsd compatible
systems.  It was written on IRIX, a hybrid of BSD and System V, but I
would like it to compile on a true System V system.

Specifically, I am interested in how you got it to compile if you got
errors when you used 'make', and any bugs you find in the actual program
once you get it running.  I would also like comments on the documentation.

E-mail me if you're interested, and I'll mail you out a shar-chive.
Thanks,
Mike Gleason.

The blurb follows:

ncftp - Alternative user interface for FTP
version 1 rb 6 by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft.

ncftp was created out of disgust with using the regular 'ftp'
command found on many brands of Unix.  People who spend a lot
of time in ftp will want to install ncftp.

Features:

 * No more typing 'anonymous' and your email address every time
   you want to ftp anonymously.  You don't need to have the
   site in your .netrc.
   
 * No more typing complete site names.  Sites in your .netrc
   can be abbreviated.  Type 'o wuar' to call wuarchive.wustl.edu.
 
 * Use your pager (like 'more') to read remote files.

 * Transfers feature a progress meter.
 
 * Implicit cd.
 
 * Fancy prompts.
 
 * You can keep a log of your actions.  See what the path was of
   that file you downloaded yesterday so you don't have to
   look for it today.
 
 * Built-in mini-nslookup.
 
 * The 'ls' command is ls -CF.  Some ftp's ls was identical to 'dir.'
 
 * Don't need to 'close' a site, just open a new one.
 
 * Don't feel like typing a long filename?  Use a wildcard in single
   file commands like get and page.
 
 * You can create empty remote files.
 
 * Detects when new mail arrives.

 * ncftp is quieter by default -- who cares if the PORT command was
   successful (if you do, turn verbose on :-).
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--mg                                                      mgleason@cse.unl.edu