Lloyd Wood wrote:
...
I strongly doubt that there are any scripts actually parsing the
www.rfc-editor.org webpages for instances of ftp.isi.edu.
Who said anything about parsing? There must be many scripts in the world
that start with something like this. You will notice the amount
of historical crud in there...
#! /bin/sh
# To tailor this script for local use:
# 1) set DEST to a site near you that houses RFCs.
# 2) set pub to the directory where you want to cache retreived RFCs
# 3) change the "password" to your email address
#
# Usage:
# rfc nnnn
# fetches rfc nnnn.
#
# rfc -index
# fetches an index of the RFC directory
#
# RFCs can be obtained via FTP from NIC.DDN.MIL, FTP.NISC.SRI.COM:rfc,
# NIS.NSF.NET, NISC.JVNC.NET, VENERA.ISI.EDU, or WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU.
#
#
# Set DEST to the FTP site where rfcs are archived. Note that
# different servers keep RFCs in different locations (tweak the FTP
# commands below). Also, not all servers supply compressed
# versions. :-(
#
DEST=venera.isi.edu
...
Brian