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ASCII Art listserv list |
-> Address: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu |
Message: subscribe asciiart |
o FTP Mail Servers: |
-> Address: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com |
Message: help |
-> Address: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu |
Message: help |
-> Address: bitftp@pucc.bitnet |
Message: help |
10 How do I use FTP, Gopher, World Wide Web, and FTP Mail Servers? |
The following instructions are for most Unix based, live InterNet |
sites. If you are not on a live wire, you can still access FTP |
sites. See the section below on 'How to use FTP Mail Servers'. |
If you're on a commercial service, or other non-Unix based system, |
ask your sysadmin or service representative for information on |
obtaining files. If you are using InterNet software on your own |
computer via a PPP or SLIP connection, I assume you don't need my |
instructions. |
How to read a URL (Uniform Resource Locator): |
ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking/Archive/Funnies |
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Connect Method Host Name Folder Path File Name |
Note: The connect method (the protocol> could also be "gopher" or |
"http" (http indicates a WWW page). Also, a URL my not have a file |
name at the end, but may just point to a folder. It may not even |
have a folder path, pointing only to a site. |
WWW URLs usually end with a file having a ".html" extension. And |
Web pages can also be stored on, and accessed from, FTP and Gopher |
sites. |
How to FTP: |
If you have FTP at your site, and you want to FTP over to say, |
Chris King's FTP site, you would, at the prompt: |
o Type: ftp ftp.ncsu.edu |
Notice that "ftp" was typed twice. The first is the command, the |
second is a port of the address. If you're already at an FTP |
prompt: |
Type: open ftp.ncsu.edu |
o When the connection opens, it'll ask for your name. This is |
'anonymous FTP' so: |
Type: anonymous |
o When you're asked for a password: |
Type: Your email address |
You should be in. |
o Now, to 'Change Directory' to Chris' ASCII art folder: |
Type: cd pub/ncsu/chking/Archive |
o Now to list the folder's contents: |
Type: ls |
o Let's say you want a file called "Funnies", you would: |
Type: get Funnies |
The file will be transfered to the host you FTP'd from, in the folder |
you were in when you started that FTP session. |
o When you're done: |
Type: bye |
It will say goodbye and quit. |
You may have to decompress or uudecode the file first. See |
Question 20 on how to do that. Now you can view or download the |
file from your host. For how to view animations and color pics, see |
Question 21. |
Two helpful things. Type "cd .." to go back out of a folder. |
Type "pwd" ('Print Working Directory') to see where you are. |
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