Program:      gftp

Purpose:      Retrieves GIPSY sources from the GIPSY source server.

Category:     MANAGEMENT

File:         gftp.c

Author:       K.G. Begeman

Use:          gftp contacts the GIPSY source server and obtains GIPSY
              sources for remote updates. The programme is usually
              started from compile.
              The file $gip_loc/server is read to get the name of
              the GIPSY source server. If $gip_loc/server is not
              present, $gip_sys/server.mgr is tried.
              
              When compiled with -DSRC_SERVER, the resulting executable
              will be the GIPSY source server.

Updates:      Mar 16, 1993: KGB, document created.
              Nov 30, 2000: JPT, changed for server's new source path.
              Dec 13, 2011: JPT, retry gethostbyname() with "localhost"
                                 if it fails with "normal" hostname.