Hi Bob,

Try:

ftp> get README |more

make sure you don't have a space between the pipe '|' and 'more'

Quick-n-easy way to read a readme wo fetching and suspending and
reading and resuming...

clint

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, NetBSD Bob wrote:

> > Read the README file for an explanation.
> > 
> > (Don't people read READMEs anymore?  8-)
> 
> Oops.  Nope...(:+{{...
> 
> Since I usually use ftp, I rarely drag up readmes.  That requires
> a Gatesware browser!  Too slow on a tiny 486 33 box or an SS1 box.
> What if I were doing it on the VT100 in the MVII critter?
> 
> Oh, well, .... (:+}}.....
> 
> IF it is a load issue on the ftp archive, is there an alternate
> archive where they could be fanned out to, not part of the main
> NetBSD servers?
> 
> I know, ``Patience, grasshopper''...(:+}}...
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
>