martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Jim Martin CBM Amiga Rep at St. Cloud State, MN) (06/21/91)
The ability to read a README file online is COMPLETELY dependant on which
companies version of TCP/IP your system is running, for example:
Here in St. Cloud on our VAX8550 (VMS) we are able to simply type:
TYPE README
this allows us to dump the file to the screen, yet when I go over to
our VAX 11/785 (VMS) this command does not work because on one system
Multinet TCP is installed and on the other a differnt companies is...
so there is no "sure" way to dump a file to screen that I know of...
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******************************************************************************warb@faatcrl (Dan Warburton) (06/22/91)
martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Jim Martin CBM Amiga Rep at St. Cloud State, MN) writes: >The ability to read a README file online is COMPLETELY dependant on which >companies version of TCP/IP your system is running, for example: Try get README |more This usually works for me. I thine you cannot have a space between | and more. Good luck. -- + Dan Warburton Nas Simulation Support Facility (NSSF) + Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center + Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405 // + 609-484-4480 Mail Stop: ACN-313 Aikido Amiga \X/ Sun + warb@faatcrl.uucp ...rutgers!faatcrl!warb -- An Open Systems Group --
emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) (06/24/91)
In article <1484@faatcrl.UUCP> warb@faatcrl (Dan Warburton) writes: >martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Jim Martin CBM Amiga Rep at St. Cloud State, MN) writes: > >>The ability to read a README file online is COMPLETELY dependant on which >>companies version of TCP/IP your system is running, for example: > >Try get README |more This may not work on a VMS system...I know nothing of VMS, but I'd think that pipes and more don't exist in VMS...If they don't, try this: get README - the - tells ftp to save the file to stdout. If this still doesn't do what you need it's time to start reading the manuals... Good luck, -Scott L. Scott Emmons --------------- emmons@csus.csus.edu <or> ...[ucbvax]!ucdavis!csus!emmons Packet: kc6nfp@kg6xx.#nocal.ca.usa.na
fletcher@netcom.COM (F. Sullivan Segal) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun21.164909.7230@s1.msi.umn.edu> martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU writes: >The ability to read a README file online is COMPLETELY dependant on which >companies version of TCP/IP your system is running, for example: > >Here in St. Cloud on our VAX8550 (VMS) we are able to simply type: > > TYPE README >this allows us to dump the file to the screen, yet when I go over to > >our VAX 11/785 (VMS) this command does not work because on one system >Multinet TCP is installed and on the other a differnt companies is... > >so there is no "sure" way to dump a file to screen that I know of... > > The easiest way I've found to read the README files is by shelling out of FTP (UNIX). Type: get README !more README ^D Of course you don' t really want to waste a lot of time doing this. I'd recommend downloading the README files and reading them offline. Then go back and get the main file if you are interested. -- -F. Sullivan Segall _______________________________________________________________ _ /V\ E-Credibility: (n -- ME) The unguaranteed likelyhood that ' the electronic mail you are reading is genuine rather than someone's made up crap. _______________________________________________________________ Mail to: ...sun!portal!cup.portal.com!fletcher or fletcher@cup.portal.com fletcher@netcom.com
walterb@cray.com (Walter Boese) (06/25/91)
Another way to read text files while in FTP is 'get filename /dev/tty'. Works for me. Walter Boese walterb@sequoia.cray.com
greg@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) (06/25/91)
In <205044.2477@timbuk.cray.com> walterb@cray.com (Walter Boese) writes: >Another way to read text files while in FTP is >'get filename /dev/tty'. Works for me. >Walter Boese >walterb@sequoia.cray.com If you have a NeXT, there is an online reading facility in NeXTFTP. Available via cica.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.22) in pub/Next/Binaries greg -- Gregory Reed Travis C I C A Center for Innovative Computing Applications|greg@cica.indiana.edu (work) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 |frognix!greg@cica.indiana.edu (hm)