ftp-rfc   [plain text]

#!../expect --

# ftp-rfc <rfc-number>
# ftp-rfc -index

# retrieves an rfc (or the index) from uunet

exp_version -exit 5.0

if $argc!=1 {
	send_user "usage: ftp-rfc \[#] \[-index]\n"
	exit
}

set file "rfc$argv.Z"

set timeout 60
spawn ftp ftp.uu.net
expect "Name*:"
send "anonymous\r"
expect "Password:"
send "expect@nist.gov\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "binary\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "cd inet/rfc\r"
expect "550*ftp>" exit "250*ftp>"
send "get $file\r"
expect "550*ftp>" exit "200*226*ftp>"
close
wait
send_user "\nuncompressing file - wait...\n"
exec uncompress $file