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authorSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-06 11:37:35 +0000
committerSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-06 11:37:35 +0000
commitca17de000c6919a96672a94b7d4e5366c5737d35 (patch)
treed06ba1161bcbfb6b7d09c9da31df9875bcdeb681 /usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
parentabe037be319e7ed2d41387f3aa7cc0286751202d (diff)
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
index c94bdbce2067..3b6094c8839f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
+++ b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ either the
.Tn FTP
or the
.Tn HTTP
-protocol. In the first form of the command, the
+protocol.
+In the first form of the command, the
.Ar URL
may be of the form
.Li http://site.domain/path/to/the/file
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ Use the passive mode of the
.Tn FTP
protocol. This is useful for crossing certain sorts of firewalls.
.It Fl q
-Quiet mode. Do not report transfer progress on the terminal.
+Quiet mode.
+Do not report transfer progress on the terminal.
.It Fl R
The filenames specified are ``precious'', and should not be deleted
under any circumstances, even if the transfer failed or was incomplete.
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ This option is useful to prevent
from downloading a file that is either incomplete or the wrong version,
given the correct size of the file in advance.
.It Fl s
-Ask server for size of file in bytes and print it to stdout. Do not
+Ask server for size of file in bytes and print it to stdout.
+Do not
actually fetch the file.
.It Fl T Ar seconds
Set timeout value to