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5069 Removal of wu-ftpd
Reviewed by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <josef.sipek@nexenta.com>
Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
Reviewed by: Milan Jurik <milan.jurik@xylab.cz>
Reviewed by: Igor Kozhukhov <ikozhukhov@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: Gary Mills <gary_mills@fastmail.fm>
Reviewed by: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Reviewed by: Adam Stevko <adam.stevko@gmail.com>

@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
 \fBftp\fR [\fB-adfginpstvx\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fIGSS Mech\fR] [\fB-T\fR \fItimeout\fR]
      [\fIhostname\fR [\fIport\fR]]
 .fi
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
 .LP
 The \fBftp\fR command is the user interface to the \fBInternet\fR standard File
 Transfer Protocol (\fBFTP\fR). \fBftp\fR transfers files to and from a remote
 network site.
 .sp

@@ -27,11 +26,10 @@
 to establish a connection to an \fBFTP\fR server on that host. Otherwise,
 \fBftp\fR enters its command interpreter and awaits instructions from the user.
 When \fBftp\fR is awaiting commands from the user, it displays the prompt
 \fBftp>\fR.
 .SH OPTIONS
-.sp
 .LP
 The following options can be specified at the command line, or to the command
 interpreter:
 .sp
 .ne 2

@@ -1113,11 +1111,10 @@
 .sp
 .LP
 If any command argument which is not indicated as being optional is not
 specified, \fBftp\fR prompts for that argument.
 .SH ABORTING A FILE TRANSFER
-.sp
 .LP
 To abort a file transfer, use the terminal interrupt key. Sending transfers is
 immediately halted. Receiving transfers are halted by sending an \fBFTP\fR
 protocol \fBABOR\fR command to the remote server, and discarding any further
 data received. The speed at which this is accomplished depends upon the remote

@@ -1131,11 +1128,10 @@
 in this mode can result from the \fBABOR\fR processing described above, or from
 unexpected behavior by the remote server, including violations of the ftp
 protocol. If the delay results from unexpected remote server behavior, the
 local \fBftp\fR program must be killed by hand.
 .SH FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
-.sp
 .LP
 Local files specified as arguments to \fBftp\fR commands are processed
 according to the following rules.
 .sp
 .ne 2

@@ -1197,11 +1193,10 @@
 \fBntrans\fR or \fBnmap\fR setting. The resulting filename can then be altered
 by the remote server if \fBsunique\fR is on.
 .RE
 
 .SH FILE TRANSFER PARAMETERS
-.sp
 .LP
 The \fBFTP\fR specification specifies many parameters which can affect a file
 transfer.
 .sp
 .LP

@@ -1224,23 +1219,20 @@
 .LP
 The "transfer mode" can be one of \fBstream\fR, \fBblock\fR, or
 \fBcompressed\fR. \fBftp\fR supports only the default value, which is
 \fBstream\fR.
 .SH USAGE
-.sp
 .LP
 See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBftp\fR when
 encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte (2^31 bytes).
 .sp
 .LP
 The \fBftp\fR command is IPv6-enabled. See \fBip6\fR(7P).
 .SH FILES
-.sp
 .LP
 \fB~/.netrc\fR
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
 .LP
 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 .sp
 
 .sp

@@ -1252,13 +1244,12 @@
 _
 CSI     enabled
 .TE
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
 .LP
-\fBls\fR(1), \fBrcp\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBtar\fR(1), \fBin.ftpd\fR(1M),
+\fBls\fR(1), \fBrcp\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBtar\fR(1),
 \fBpopen\fR(3C), \fBftp\fR(4), \fBftpusers\fR(4), \fBmech\fR(4),
 \fBnetrc\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5), \fBip6\fR(7P)
 .sp
 .LP
 Allman, M., Ostermann, S., and Metz, C. \fIRFC 2428, FTP Extensions for IPv6

@@ -1274,15 +1265,14 @@
 .sp
 .LP
 Piscitello, D. \fIRFC 1639, FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR)\fR.
 Network Working Group. June 1994.
 .SH NOTES
-.sp
 .LP
 Failure to log in can arise from an explicit denial by the remote \fBFTP\fR
 server because the account is listed in \fB/etc/ftpusers\fR. See
-\fBin.ftpd\fR(1M) and \fBftpusers\fR(4).
+\fBftpusers\fR(4).
 .sp
 .LP
 Correct execution of many commands depends upon proper behavior by the remote
 server.
 .sp