From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 16 10:23:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D4137B9D2 for ; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:23:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e4GHtOX08739; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:55:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:55:24 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: todd ritzka Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help!! Message-ID: <20000516105524.C7949@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000516164524.21934.qmail@web1404.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000516164524.21934.qmail@web1404.mail.yahoo.com>; from acidrop50@yahoo.com on Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:45:24AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * todd ritzka [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 '? ' 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