On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Duane Maxwell wrote:

> Funny you mention that.  I was recently using Linux to download a CD image
> (of a new Linux distribution - so, back off RIAA!) using the ftp command,
> which provides no progress feedback - and in such a large image the danger
> of hanging is pretty bad. 

If you type "hash" first it will print hash marks as progress indicator.

SCNR ;-)

-- Bert