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Re: where is the code for Source/FTP?



John,

	grep is indeed a very powerful tool (toy) for any UNIX user. This kind 
of advice should be part of the "what to do before mailing the list".

> Perhaps, so the right command is
> 	grep FTP  *.{cc,h,tcl}
> followed by
> 	grep FTP  */*.{cc,h,tcl}
> 	grep FTP  */*/*.{cc,h,tcl}
> if there are no results.
> 
> Tarik's CONCEPT of grepping through the code to find something
> rather than asking a mailing list is *right on target*.
> Grepping is *much* faster, both for the person trying to find
> the code, and for the 437 readers of ns-users!
> 
>    -John Heidemann

Tarik