bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu (worrell, brandon lee) (01/24/91)
I am having a problem downloading certain files from the NEWXanth archive specifically. I am using the get command, but whenever I try to get a program that has more than one period in it then it gives me an invalid file specification or some similar error. Do I need to put something like quotes around the name (similar to AmigaDOS when there's a space in the name) to get the file? Here is an example of a file that I would like to get: Border-1.0.lzh Thanks..... Brandon Worrell bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu
whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Alan Whinery) (01/25/91)
In article <10428@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu writes: >I am having a problem downloading certain files from the NEWXanth archive >specifically. I am using the get command, but whenever I try to get a >program that has more than one period in it then it gives me an invalid >Brandon Worrell >bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu One way you could do it is "mget Border*" which will ask you whether you want each matching file. Just answer yes. I always use mget for long, complex filenames. Saves typing. Alan whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu
myb100@csc.anu.edu.au (01/25/91)
In article <10428@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu (worrell, brandon lee) writes: > I am having a problem downloading certain files from the NEWXanth archive > specifically. I am using the get command, but whenever I try to get a > program that has more than one period in it then it gives me an invalid > file specification or some similar error. Do I need to put something > like quotes around the name (similar to AmigaDOS when there's a space in > the name) to get the file? Here is an example of a file that I would > like to get: Border-1.0.lzh Are you ftp'ing from a VAX/VMS by any chance ? The problem in that case would not be at ab20's end but at yours - VMS file specifications only allow one period in the filename. To get round this, use 'get Border-1.0.lzh Border-1p0.lzh' or similar - the second filename on the 'get' command is the name for the output file on your local machine. Of course, if you're on a Unix box, just ignore all of the above :-) > Thanks..... No worries > Brandon Worrell > bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu =============================================================================== Markus Buchhorn /// | This space Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Canberra /// | PMB Weston Ck. P.O. A.C.T. 2611, Australia \\\/// | intentionally markus@mso.anu.edu.au -or- markus@merlin.anu.edu.au \XX/ | left blank ===============================================================================
Michael.Witbrock@CS.CMU.EDU (01/27/91)
> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.datacomm: 24-Jan-91 Re: ftp > problems Alan Whinery@hale.ifa.ha (560) > One way you could do it is "mget Border*" which will ask you whether > you want each matching file. Just answer yes. I always use mget for > long, complex filenames. Saves typing. And, if you type prompt before (to toggle prompting) you don't even have to type `y's michael
@utrcgw.utc.com:mark@ardnt1 (mark) (02/13/91)
on 23 Jan 91 22:04:46 GMT, "worrell, brandon lee" <@utrcgw.utc.com:bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.EDU> said: > I am having a problem downloading certain files from the NEWXanth archive > specifically. I am using the get command, but whenever I try to get a > program that has more than one period in it then it gives me an invalid > file specification or some similar error. Do I need to put something > like quotes around the name (similar to AmigaDOS when there's a space in > the name) to get the file? Here is an example of a file that I would > like to get: Border-1.0.lzh > Thanks..... > Brandon Worrell > bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu Brandon, It sounds like you might be using a VMS system. VMS doesn't like file names that have more than one period in them. You should be able to get around this by using the "get" command as follows: get Border-1.0.lzh Border-1-0.lzh The first filename is the name of the file that you want to get, and the second filename is the name to be given to that file on your local system. Hope this helps. --Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Mark Stucky | Email: | | United Technologies Research Center | mark%ardnt1@utrcgw.utc.com | | East Hartford, CT. | mast%utrc@utrcgw.utc.com | | My opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------