greene@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (John Greene) (12/21/89)
Archive-name: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu/traffic-jam
Original-posting-by: greene@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (John Greene)
Original-subject: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu traffic jam
Archive-site: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196]
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
This is in regards to grape.ecs.clarkson.edu archives. Lately it has been
really difficult to get into this machine because too many people are trying
to get files from it at the same time. I thought that it may work better if
people starting using script files to do their downloading which would make
the process of downloading quicker and therefore making it easier for people
(like myself) to get in and download the files they would like. For the
benifit of people who aren't familiar with using script files with FTP I
offer the following example:
First it helps to download either the "allfiles" file or the "files.bbs"
from each directory of interest. This will allow you to browze the files at
your leisure and pick the ones you like. Once you have decided on the files
you would like you create a file like the following:
open grape.ecs.clarkson.edu
user anonymous yourname@yourmachine
bin
cd /whatever/directory
mget file1 file2 file3 file4 file5 file6 file7 ....
quit
Then all you have to do is type "ftp -in < getfile". Everything is done
quickly and automatically.
There is a way to execute a command at a specific time but I can't remember
what it is right now. I have used it in the past to retrieve exceptionally
large files in the middle of the night when traffic is low.
--
John E. Greene "People are just like frankfurters....You have to decide
if you're going to be a hot dog or just another wiener" DLR
TRW Systems Engineering and Development Division
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