ftp> get bash-2.05b-static.tgz "| pkg_add -v -" doesn't work!

[Charlie Root <root_(_at_)_kryptos_(_dot_)_cannings_(_dot_)_org>]

as per pkg_add(1) man page:

"For
     example, the following works:

...more text...

ftp> get m4-1.4.tgz "|pkg_add -v -"
"

which now does:

ftp> get  bash-2.05b-static.tgz "| pkg_add -v -"
local: | pkg_add -v - remote: bash-2.05b-static.tgz
227 Entering Passive Mode (129,128,5,191,164,175)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for bash-2.05b-static.tgz (1216775 bytes).
Can't find -
ftp: | pkg_add -v -: short write
426 Network seems to have barfed - Let's all phone our ISP and go postal!
4344 bytes received in 3.09 seconds (1.37 KB/s)
ftp> get  bash-2.05b-static.tgz 
local: bash-2.05b-static.tgz remote: bash-2.05b-static.tgz
227 Entering Passive Mode (129,128,5,191,164,219)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for bash-2.05b-static.tgz (1216775 bytes).
100% |**************************************************|  1188 KB    01:04    
226 Wow, that seems to have worked.
1216775 bytes received in 64.93 seconds (18.30 KB/s)


BTW: the space between "|" and "pkg_add" doesn't make a difference. I tried it with both.

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