This message generated a parse failure. Raw output follows here. Please use 'back' to navigate. From devnull@lkml.org Thu Apr 18 04:55:04 2024 Received: from entropy.muc.muohio.edu (IDENT:root@entropy.muc.muohio.edu [134.53.213.10]) by herbie.ucs.indiana.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA07585 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:25:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from vger.rutgers.edu (vger.rutgers.edu [128.6.190.2]) by entropy.muc.muohio.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA31800; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:25:35 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:05:50 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:54:02 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:28764 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:33:18 -0400 Received: from bug.ucw.cz (slip15.ms.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.20.215]) by atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA29337; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:33:13 +0200 Received: (from pavel@localhost) by bug.ucw.cz (8.8.8/8.8.5) id LAA00283; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:37:37 +0200 Message-Id: <19990625113737.B246@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:37:37 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: androsyn@i95.com, jerome@psti.com Cc: Stephen Frost , linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: A few questions..... References: <19990624104342.A5651@jerome.psti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: ; from androsyn@i95.com on Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 11:22:32AM -0400 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Precedence: bulk X-Loop: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing-dig Hi! > > the advantage of open("http://www.site.org"); vs open_http("www.site.org"); > > is the possiblity of the existing code -without- modification. all > > the current tools would work as is. > > > > example: cat http://www.site.org/index.html | less > This is exactly what I was thinking. I know there are current userspace > solutions to this...but this is the sort of thing that would be > interesting to do....Don't forget other goodies like > > cp ftp://ftp.bz2.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/linux-2.3.x.tar.bz2 /usr/src Actually, why not cp -a /#ftp:ftp.bz2.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/linux-2.3.x.tar.bz2#utar /usr/src so you don't have to untar it manually? I'd do it if I have internet connectivity just now. This is on almost-unmodified 2.3.6 but it works equally well with vanilla 2.2.10. Take a look at podfuk, http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/podfuk/podfuk.html. [transcription of _real_ _session_] Script started on Fri Jun 25 11:33:20 1999 pavel@bug:~$ ls -alcp /#ftp:elf/etc/ /tmp/d etc.elf cp: /#ftp:elf/etc: omitting directory pavel@bug:~$ cp /#ftp:elf/etc/ /tmp/etc.elfpavel@bug:~$ cp  -a cp: /#ftp:elf/etc/#XF86Config#: No such file or directory ... cp: /#ftp:elf/etc/wtmplock: Permission denied pavel@bug:~$ ls /tmp/etc.elf/ DIR_COLORS dosemu.conf.mine issue.short ppc386.cfg dosemu.conf.console issue.old phonebook~ pavel@bug:~$ ls /tmp/etc.elf/ápavel@bug:~$ ls  -al total 1450 drwxr-xr-x 29 pavel users 3072 Jun 25 11:33 ./ drwxrwxrwt 28 root root 30720 Jun 25 11:35 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 pavel users 1840 Nov 5 1996 DIR_COLORS -rw-r--r-- 1 pavel users 11 Jun 25 1999 HOSTNAME -rw-r--r-- 1 pavel users 687 Dec 20 1998 Muttrc ... -rw-r--r-- 1 pavel users 62320 Dec 13 1996 termcap.old drwxr-xr-x 2 pavel users 1024 Jun 25 11:33 terminfo/ pavel@bug:~$ Use "exit" to leave the shell. pavel@bug:~$ exit Script done on Fri Jun 25 11:35:40 1999 So yes, podfuk actually works. Pavel -- I'm really pavel@ucw.cz. Look at http://195.113.31.123/~pavel. Pavel Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/