jeffs@bcs800.UUCP (Jeff Smith) (01/23/91)
Does anyone know how to use the xenix 'ftp'? It's kinda puzzling though.
The reason for asking is that I've just re-installed my altos 486
(xenix 3.1as0) and found an executable in /usr/bin called 'ftp'. I've
used ftp on other machines for file transfer, but i'm still not sure
why it would be on the altos distribution diskettes; it's strange that
this machine would definately be called bare-bones by just about any
standard (just the run-time ;-( ) but why in the world would it have
ftp if it couldn't be used on a regular basis by most of the users. Is there
something I'm missing about this machine?
Does it have something to do with /xenix.net ?
if I try ftp I get something like:
usage: ftp speed device send_filename | receive_filename
hmmmm...any ideas??
thanks!
jeffs
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tel: +800 444 3070 | your problem by killing your process.daveh@marob.uucp (Dave Hammond) (01/25/91)
In article <1172@bcs800.UUCP> jeffs@bcs800.UUCP (Jeff Smith) writes: >Does anyone know how to use the xenix 'ftp'? It's kinda puzzling though. >The reason for asking is that I've just re-installed my altos 486 >(xenix 3.1as0) and found an executable in /usr/bin called 'ftp'. I've >used ftp on other machines for file transfer, but i'm still not sure >why it would be on the altos distribution diskettes; it's strange that >this machine would definately be called bare-bones by just about any >standard (just the run-time ;-( ) but why in the world would it have >ftp if it couldn't be used on a regular basis by most of the users. Is there >something I'm missing about this machine? FTP (File Transfer Program, *not* File Transfer Protocol) was part of the original Microsoft Xenix-III. Xenix-III predates the ftp network software, hence the name collision. FTP also appears in the Tandy Xenix distribution which was based on Microsoft Xenix-III. -- Dave Hammond daveh@marob.uucp uunet!rutgers!phri!marob!daveh