From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Aug 21 17:07:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17850 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:07:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17825 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:07:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA06775; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:05:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:05:50 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199808220005.RAA06775@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, z800441a@bc.seflin.org Subject: Re: FTP commands In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:12:20 -0400 (EDT) >From: Earl Bediant >How do I do anonymous FTP from your site? Well, that's going to depend on: * What sort of FTP client software you (want to) use; * Whether or not there are any kinds of "firewalls" between you and ftp.freebsd.org. (There may be other considerations, but these are what come to mind presently.) For example, here's a "typescript" of a session: Script started on Fri Aug 21 17:02:54 1998 pau-amma[2]% ncftp -L ftp.freebsd.org NcFTP 2.4.2 (October 28, 1996), by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft. Tip: If you miss the old "macdef init" macros which "ftp" ran when a specific site was opened, you can still do it with NcFTP. You need to put macros in your "macros" file named ".open." where is the nickname assigned to the host. Trying to connect to ftp.freebsd.org... Welcome to wcarchive - home FTP site for Walnut Creek CDROM. There are currently 2879 users out of 3200 possible. Most of the files in this area are also available on CDROM. You can send email to info@cdrom.com for more information or to order, or visit our Web site at http://www.cdrom.com. For tech support about our products, please email support@cdrom.com. You may also call our toll-free number: 1-800-786-9907 or +1-510-674-0783. Please keep in mind that we only offer technical support for our CDROM products and not for the files on our FTP server. This machine is a P6/200 with 1GB of memory & 224GB of disk online. The operating system is FreeBSD. Should you wish to get your own copy of FreeBSD, see the pub/FreeBSD directory, visit http://www.freebsd.org, or mail to info@FreeBSD.org for more information. FreeBSD on CDROM can be ordered using the WEB at http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/freebsd.htm or by sending email to orders@cdrom.com. Slow downloads? Please see ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/slow.txt for more information. 100Mbps colocation services provided by CRL Network Services. For more information, please visit http://www.crl.com. GTEI/BBN Planet customers, please read ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/bbn-notice.txt Please send mail to ftp-bugs@ftp.cdrom.com if you experience any problems. Please also let us know if there is something we don't have that you think we should! Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. freebsd:/.25/FreeBSD/newsletter> get issu*.txt Already have issue1.txt. Already have issue2.txt. freebsd:/.25/FreeBSD/newsletter> pau-amma[3]% ^Dexit Script done on Fri Aug 21 17:03:47 1998 david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message