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FTP for Win 95/98
Windows95/98 has a built-in FTP (file transfer protocol) program. With this program you can transfer files to and from your unix shell account, or you can download files from many anonymous FTP sites.
This program is for experienced users . It is recommended that a graphical FTP program be used instead.
YOU MUST FIRST ESTABLISH A PPP NETWORK CONNECTION TO BCPL BEFORE YOU CAN USE THIS "FTP" PROGRAM
Download from your UNIX Shell to your PC:
- Click the start button in the lower left-hand corner.
- Click run.
- In the Open box, type ftp and press enter.
- You will now see a black screen with the ftp prompt: ftp>
- At this prompt type: open mail.bcpl.net (everything must be lower case)
- At the prompt type in your username and press Enter.
- Type your password and press Enter.
- At this point you are logged into your unix shell top directory, to view all of the files in this directory type: dir
- Now you must specify where on your computer you would like downloaded files to go.
To do this, type lcd and then the name of the target directory/folder (lcd stands for local change directory)
Example: Typing lcd c:\windows will change the local directory to c:\windows.
Downloaded files will go to that directory. - If you want to download a program file (.exe) you need to type binary
- If you want to download a text file (.txt) you need to type ascii
- Next you must find the file(s) you wish to download to your computer
- To send the file, type get name-of-file
Note: you MUST type the name of the file EXACTLY as it
appears.
Example: get gold.zip - When the file is finished downloading you will see the notice that so many bytes were received, and then the FTP prompt.
- To exit the ftp program type bye
NOTE: To download files from an FTP server which allows anonymous logins, follow the same instructions, however instead of typing open mail.bcpl.net you type in the specific ftp address such as: open ftp.mcafee.com At the name prompt type: anonymous
At the password prompt type: username@bcpl.net Remember you will probably need to change to the subdirectory which contains the file(s) that you need; you should have this information ahead of time...
Example: cd /pub/windows/user/ Once you get to that particular subdirectory type: dir for a list of the files which are contained in that subdirectory.
To upload a file from your PC to your UNIX shell
- Click the start button
- Click run
- In the open box type ftp and press enter
- You will now see a black screen with the ftp prompt: ftp>
- At this prompt type: open mail.bcpl.net (everything must be lower case)
- At the prompt type in your username and press Enter
- Type your password and press Enter
- At this point you are logged into your unix shell top directory, to view all of the files in this directory type dir
- Now you must specify where on your computer the files that you wish to upload are.
To do this, type lcd and then the name of the target directory/folder (lcd stands for local change directory)
Example: Typing lcd c:\windows will change the local directory to c:\windows.
Downloaded files will go to that directory. - If you want to upload a program file (.exe) you need to type binary
- If you want to upload a text file (.txt) you need to type ascii
- Next you must change to the UNIX subdirectory where you want your uploaded file(s) to
appear. Normally you will want to change to your public_html directory.
To do this, type cd public_html - To send the file, type put name-of-file
Note: you MUST type the name of the file EXACTLY as it
appears.
Example: put picture.gif - When the file is finished uploading you will see the notice that so many bytes were received, and then the FTP prompt.
- To exit the ftp program type bye