Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:55:24 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: todd ritzka <acidrop50@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help!! Message-ID: <20000516105524.C7949@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000516164524.21934.qmail@web1404.mail.yahoo.com>; from acidrop50@yahoo.com on Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:45:24AM -0700 References: <20000516164524.21934.qmail@web1404.mail.yahoo.com>
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* todd ritzka <acidrop50@yahoo.com> [000516 10:18] wrote: > hey, > can you tell me what i have to do in order to download things from > the ftp bsd site. i know how to get my font to look like this: > > ftp> > > but when it gets there what do i have to do??, and also when i get to > "ftp.freebsd.org how to i navigate around is it like dos or like unix > (command wise) > > and lastly how do i download?? do i have to copy the file i want or > what??? im pretty lost. type '?' for a list of commands available, then '? <command>' for help with each command. some quick ftp hints: use 'prompt' to automatically download files without prompting y/n for each. use 'bin' to make sure you download files in 'binary mode' otherwise they'll be corrupted if they aren't pure text. best of luck, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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