ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita) (06/30/91)
I'm familiar with changing directories via ftp on unix systems. However the SIMTEL20 systems seems to use a different system. Could someone enlighten my ignorance? Frank Fujita
w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (06/30/91)
ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita) writes: >I'm familiar with changing directories via ftp on unix systems. >However the SIMTEL20 systems seems to use a different system. >Could someone enlighten my ignorance? SIMTEL20's directory structure is similar to MS-DOS. SIMTEL20: PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS> MSDOS: C:\MSDOS\FILEDOCS ftp> cd pd1:<msdos.filedocs> If the angle brackets cause trouble with your FTP program you can use square brackets. ftp> cd pd1:[msdos.filedocs] The PD1: is the disk drive. The first name inside the brackets is the name of the top-level directory. The second name inside the brackets is the name of the subdirectory. Once you have done a cd to the PD1: device you may omit it from all further commands. ftp> cd <msdos.modem> Some FTP users who are used to Unix may attempt to "cd .." to drop down one level in the directory tree. That doesn't work on SIMTEL20. You can save yourself a lot of typing if you cd to the directory where the files you want are located. You can then type just the filename instead of the whole path. ftp> cd pd1:<msdos.filedocs> ftp> get aaaread.me ftp> type binary ftp> get simlist.arc ftp> bye Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of the MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives at SIMTEL20 [192.88.110.20] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (06/30/91)
In article <1991Jun30.030733.28412@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita) writes: > >I'm familiar with changing directories via ftp on unix systems. >However the SIMTEL20 systems seems to use a different system. >Could someone enlighten my ignorance? Here is an example of a batchftp automated FTP command file which shows some of the commands including a change of a SIMTEL20 directory. First the binary (in this case =tenex) mode is set, then I change my local directory to where I wanted the download to go. Next I change the SIMTEL20 directory, and then get the file I want. { binary lcd /home2/econ/ts/valitys2 cd pd1:<msdos.telix> get tfe_221.zip } ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun