A shell command  that acts in the same way as  the standard  FTP
'get' session instruction.  It will  allow you to receive remote
files via an automated FTP session, by specifying from the Shell
which site to begin  a session with, the remote files to obtain,
their local file  name and their  expected file type.  Any login
information may also  be optionally supplied, else defaults will
be assumed.  Binary only.

History

V1.0
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- Initial release, no known bugs.

V1.1
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- Added CWD command line keyword, which allows you to specify a
  remote  directory  that relates to  the  base directory  from
  where the given remote files will be addressed.

V1.2
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- Eradicated a  serious bug from previous  releases that caused
  FTPGet  to fall over in  a most unforgivable  fashion on '040
  equipted machines - when Instruction Cache's enabled.

- All unwanted charactures are now removed from the end of each
  line of text in a text file transfer.

- Code optimization, enhancements, fixes.

- Modifications to the error specific return codes.

- FTPGet no  longer uses  the DOMAINNAME environment  variable,
  but instead applies the extended HOSTNAME variable.  Refer to
  chapter 2.1 of the documentation for more information.

- FTPGet  will now display the size  of the remote file that it
  is receiving if the FTP server accepts the "SIZE" command.

- Added INFO command line argument which, when active, offers a
  primitive progress meter showing the  current number of bytes
  received.

- Added LIST command line  argument.  FTPGet can  now process a
  plain ASCII list of files (one per line), where each entry in
  the file list is requested from the remote site sequentially.

- Added BUFFER command line  argument.  FTPGet now incorporates
  a user configurable internal receive buffer, the threshold of
  which can be set from the command line.

- Added FORCE command  line argument.  When  several files have
  been request for  transfer, a "missing" item in the list will
  not cause FTPGet to abort the session with an error.

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