Re: [bug-inetutils] @ -- connect to host

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> Do you know how backward compatible the above syntax is with things
> that already use netrc (ftp, etc)?

AFAICT it is entirely backward compatible. It provides a couple of
extensions but keeps the basic syntax unchanged. Here is its description:

http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/software/dico/manual/html_node/Autologin.html

The only thing that is missing is `macdef' statement, but that should
not be hard to add.

> The library would be a great addition, making things like ftp simpler.

I'd gladly port it to inetutils :)

Regards,
Sergey