bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin) (11/14/89)
Due to the rash of questions about my FTP site, here's a quick reference
card to simplify logging in and carrying out business. This is also avaliable
on the server as 'quick.ref'.
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FTP Quick Reference Card
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* LOGGING IN: *
* 1. 'ftp' at Unix/VMS prompt. *
* 2. 'open gold.bacs.indiana.edu' at FTP prompt. *
* 3. 'indp0080' at username prompt. *
* 4. 'anonymous' at password prompt. *
* 5. 'cd ftp' at FTP prompt. *
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* DIRECTORIES: *
* 'ls' lists files in current directory. *
* 'dir' lists files in curr. dir, along with file size and date uploaded. *
* 'cd foo' changes the current directory to 'foo'. *
* 'cd ..' changes to the next directory level up. *
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* DOWNLOADING FILES: *
* 1. Change to the directory containing the desired file. *
* 2. For binary files, type 'binary', otherwise 'ascii'. *
* 3. 'get foo' downloads the file 'foo.;1' to your account. *
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* UPLOADING FILES: *
* 1. Make sure you are in the 'ftp' directory. *
* 2. 'mkdir foo' to create a directory in which to store your file(s). *
* Choose an appropriate name. *
* 3. 'cd foo' to go into your new directory. *
* 4. 'send something' to transfer the file 'something' from the local dir. *
* you were in when you started FTP to the remote dir. you are currently *
* in. *
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* GETTING HELP: *
* 'help' lists the commands available on the local FTP program. *
* 'remotehelp' lists the commands available on the server. *
* Questions? Mail to bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu. *
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* LOGGING OUT: *
* 'bye' at the FTP prompt returns you to your local account. *
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General information about uploading, downtimes, etc. can be found in the file
'readme-1'. It is reccomended you downlad and read this before you do any
up/downloading.
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Ben Wildasin bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
**************************************************************************XWUU@PURCCVM.BITNET (12/20/90)
I have recently "discovered" FTPing and ahve a question or two that I think
you folks can answer. I would normally post to newusers, but I get better
service from fellow Commodore users...Thanks!
I have successfully downloaded some nice stuff, but there are a couple of
programs that I would like to try that have defied file transfer. These
files are listed in the directories by their titles, but have no "filetype"
or "mode" appendage. When I type in GET <filename>, the host tells me I need
to add the filetype or mode; ie. GET <filename.type> or
GET <filename.type.mode>
I have tried adding the period to the filename, a period and a space, making
up a bogus appendage, etc. Nothing seems to work. How do I GET these
files?
Any help here or thru e-mail would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Kirk A. Janowiak
XWUU@PURCCVM