Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:27:39 -0700 From: Albert Kinderman <albert.kinderman@email.csun.edu> To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP tar Message-ID: <35911AEA.DF320472@email.csun.edu> References: <35910335.CC6AD564@graphnet.com>
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Roman Katsnelson wrote: > I am trying to install a port (pine) via FTP. In the Handbook, it says > that if, once logged on and in the proper directory I give > > ftp> get pine.tar > > then it will tar up that directory and get it. However, all that happens > (which I, being the cynic, expected anyway) is > > pine.tar is not a file or a directory I just did it. Everything was fine. However, I did make the mistake of trying to get pine from the ports directory and got the pine.tar is not ... message [ I should have been in ports/mail]. After changing to ports/mail, I typed get pin.tar and got the pin.tar is not ... message. Be sure you are in the correct directory and don't make any spelling mistakes. Al -- Albert Kinderman California State University, Northridge albert.kinderman@csun.edu Department of Management Science To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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