This program is for any user who retrieves ftp files via
ftpmail or bitftp servers. It runs quietly in the background
and watches the user's mail directory. When the mail-
retrieved file has arrived in full, rftp puts the pieces
together in order and stores the tarball in a directory.
I wrote this several years ago when my only link to the
Arpanet was a uucp link. These days, most FreeBSD users
have a direct link to the net. For the dozens or hundreds
who don't this might be of use.
If I know exactly what file I want to retrieve and what ftp
site the file is on, I'll use rftp to reconstruct whatever
I have requested. Mail-retrieval is usually slow--a few hours
of delay at least--but rftp is literally automatic. So in
some respects, easier, and less time-consumptive.
To install on sites other than FreeBSD, edit the Makefile and
rftp.h to make sure the #define entries are suitable. You may
wish to install rftp in your own ~/bin directory rather than
/usr/local/bin. Your system mail use /usr/ucb/Mail rather than
the /usr/bin/mailx clone, for example. In any case, if you
port this to any other flavors of 'nix, please let me know.
Copyright (C) Gary Kline, 1991, 1994, 1997
