Problem using ftp with rxvt

[Charles D. Russell]

     When ftp is opened in rxvt, some of the incoming text that should 
be written to the screen is lost.  Simplest example: at shell prompt, 
enter "ftp".  One does not get the ftp prompt, but one is indeed running 
ftp, since if one next types "help" you get the header for the help 
screen, with the rest of the help screen missing.  Again no ftp prompt, 
but typing "quit" gets you back to the bash prompt. "type ftp" shows 
that this is using the cygwin ftp, not the windows ftp.  ftp works ok 
from the bash console, and rxvt seems to work ok for capturing local 
output and for using vim with mark/copy/paste, but ftp and rxvt don't 
work together.

     My problem is that when I try to get directory information on a 
remote machine using ftp commands ls or dir, it scrolls off the bash 
screen faster than I can read it.  On Unix, I used the command "script" 
to deal with this problem, but there seems to be no "script" command in 
cygwin. rxvt is the only way I know to capture output before it scrolls 
away.  Without directory information, I can't navigate the remote machine.


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