Larry Afrin <lbafrin%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> (01/29/85)
I'm pretty much of a newcomer to the net (was in "read-only mode" for a long time before I figured out how to send msgs), and I constantly see announce- ments of various pieces of software that are avilable from various machines through FTP, which I take to mean File Transfer Protocol. I'd love to get my hands on some of the stuff that's available, but I need to know a couple of things first: (1) I'm hooked into "the net" through CSNet -- is FTP available to me, or does it only work on ARPANet (DDN) machines? (2) Is the FTP software in the public domain? And regardless of whether or not it's PD, how do I get my hands on it? Thanks for tolerating what may be an asinine message, and my apologies if this is the wrong list to send this msg to -- I didn't know who else to ask. Thanks in advance... -- Larry Afrin Dept. of Computer Science Clemson University ---------------------- Please send replies, if any, to: lbafrin@clemson if you're on CSNet lbafrin.clemson@csnet-Relay if you're on ARPANet
jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) (02/04/85)
FTP is the ARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol. The name is also
used for the programs that implement it and provide user interfaces.
It is similar to Berkeley's rcp, except that rcp is for use only with
UNIX systems, while FTP can be used between many different kinds of
systems (and thus has many baroque and confusing modes of file transfer).
If you're on the DARPA Internet, say "man ftp". If you're on the Telenet
part of CSNET, you may also be able to use FTP. If you're on the Phonenet
part of CSNET or on UUCP, or BITNET, etc., you're out of luck, because
those networks do not supply a transport protocol that can support FTP.
UUCP, BITNET, DEC's ENET, etc., all support varieties of file transfer
protocols, but not FTP.
As somebody else has pointed out, this doesn't really fit on net.unix,
since if you've got it, it's in your manual, and if it's not in your
manual, you don't have it.
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John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA
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