[net.micro.pc] What is FTP?

darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) (07/30/86)

A frequent question on usenet:
how do I ftp from xxx a file mentioned in some newsgroup?

Answer:  almost always requires that you have access to a machine on the
ARPAnet (actually DOD internet these days, with ARPAnet and MILNET being the
two main subnets), running TCP/IP software.
FTP is an interactive file transfer protocol command; usually you interact
with a series of commands to establish a connection to some remote machine,
log in, copy files in either direction, examine directories, etc.  A bit
like UUCP.

The sad fact is that if you didn't know what it is, you probably can't do it.
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vizard@dartvax.UUCP (Todd Krein) (08/02/86)

> A frequent question on usenet:
> how do I ftp from xxx a file mentioned in some newsgroup?
> 
> Answer:  almost always requires that you have access to a machine on the
> ARPAnet (actually DOD internet these days, with ARPAnet and MILNET being the
> two main subnets), running TCP/IP software.
> FTP is an interactive file transfer protocol command; usually you interact
> with a series of commands to establish a connection to some remote machine,
> log in, copy files in either direction, examine directories, etc.  A bit
> like UUCP.
> 

	Hmm, is that why I can't get FTP to connect to columbia or simtel20?
When I try, I  get an "unknown Host" error. Is there any fix for/way around
this?

		Todd Krein
		vizard@dartvax