mds1@cbnewsm.att.com (marc.d.sayre) (12/10/90)
Hello, outthere, (PLEASE RESPOND (if you can ) TO ihlpb!hvmpa!eotto) It might seem stupid or daft or what ever, but I don't know how to do ftp'ing to get source files from ftp sites ?? I myself are on a machine in the UK connected to all AT&T computers and obviously to the cbnewsm machine. Could somebody give me an example to execute to get into such an fpt machine !!!! Thanks very much, Erick Otto ihlpb!hvmpa!eotto AT&T Bell labs.
scavanag@gara.une.oz.au (LIGHTCHILD) (04/23/91)
i'm trying to get into ftp'ing and i haven't much of an idea what i'm doing. i've already got a few large lists of sites, but what i really want to know is how to get something to uncompress the files.Also, is there any hope whatsoever of being able to ftp a compiler? ****************************************************************************** * STEVEN CAVANAGH | AAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! * * (LIGHTCHILD) | * * scavanag@gara.une.oz.au | -BRUCE LEE * ******************************************************************************
cjp310@coombs.anu.edu.au (Chris @ SSDA ...) (04/23/91)
scavanag@gara.une.oz.au (LIGHTCHILD) writes: >i'm trying to get into ftp'ing and i haven't much of an idea what i'm doing. >i've already got a few large lists of sites, but what i really want to know >is how to get something to uncompress the files.Also, is there any hope >whatsoever of being able to ftp a compiler? Try getting the starter kit posted on comp.binaries.ibm every-so-often it contains all the info and programs needed to initialize your foray into the vast world of ftp. Hope this Helps Chris. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Patterson | Ph: +61 6 2492185 Social Science Data Archives | AARNet: Chris@coombs.anu.edu.oz Australian National University | "I wonder what happens if I ..."
warrenl@graphics.rent.com (Warren Lieuallen) (04/23/91)
scavanag@gara.une.oz.au (LIGHTCHILD) writes: > i'm trying to get into ftp'ing and i haven't much of an idea what i'm doing. > i've already got a few large lists of sites, but what i really want to know > is how to get something to uncompress the files.Also, is there any hope > whatsoever of being able to ftp a compiler? It depends what kind of "uncompression" you need. Many FTP files are UUencoded (turned into ASCII), so you'll need UUDECODE.COM. A number of files are compressed by a Unix COMPRESS program; several de-compressor programs (such as COMP430D.ZIP) are available. You will probably also need unArc or unZIP abilities. Yes, you could easily FTP a compiler (or anything for that matter). If you're sending, I'd recommend UUencoding it first. If you're receiving, just "get" it, and then you may need a little detective work to un-do whatever was done to it (UUdecode, decompress, unARChive, etc.).