Batchftp is a C program which automates the ftp process on Berkeley UNIX systems. A user is able to upload and download files from almost any remote computer without monitoring the transfer. A user simply enters the commands or files to be retrieved in an input file. Then, the program will log onto the specified computer (not necessarily a ftp site) and execute the given commands. Since Batchftp can run in the background, a user is free to do other things while the transfer sessions are taking place. More importantly, it will not give up until a successful connection has been established with the remote site. However, execution will be temporarily suspended after a given number of failures; connection attempts will resume after the extended delay.
Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.
The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.
Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.
Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.