From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 10 7:35:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f168.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.168]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9321C37B43C for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:35:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from burnscharlesn@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:35:38 -0700 Received: from 24.21.122.151 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:35:38 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.21.122.151] From: "Charles Burns" To: artourbattle@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why I can't get packages with CuteFtp4.2 (under win98)? Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:35:38 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Apr 2001 14:35:38.0713 (UTC) FILETIME=[83066490:01C0C1CB] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It sounds like the FTP site is using a symlink to point that file to another one. First, I wouldn't use CuteFTP because it sucks horribly, but if you must, you might try another mirror site. One good Windows client is BulletProof FTP, and there are of course several good FTP clients for Unix. You might try using your browser to get the file for a temporary fix. >From: "Artur" >To: >Subject: Why I can't get packages with CuteFtp4.2 (under win98)? >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:53:02 +0200 > >Hi guys >I can't download packages from ftp.freebsd.org with cuteftp. When I try to >download any package I have error : >STATUS:> Downloading directory xwmm-0.7.tgz... > >COMMAND:> CWD xwmm-0.7.tgz > >550 xwmm-0.7.tgz: Not a directory. > >ERROR:> Failed to change dir > > . >and it look very strange for me because all files something.tgz have >icons like ordinary yellow icon of folder(in windows). >Thank's. >Artur _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message