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From: lance@helios (Lance Bresee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ftp?
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Date: 25 Sep 89 14:23:06 GMT
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In article <4713@cps3xx.UUCP> gcook@cps3xx.UUCP (Greg Cook) writes:
Someone, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong!
>
>My understanding is the FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.
>A system to transfer files between different computers (UNIX only?).
>
>How it works is you need to ftp (establish a connection) to some HOST
>computer from your own, and then send the appropriate commands to
>transfer files to and from that host.
>
>I'm sure I didn't explain this very well, but I hope this helps some!
>
>=========================================================================
>Greg Cook                    All good things come through chemistry! 

Suppose that you wanted to ftp "file transfer protocall" a file
from Grape.  From a UN*X machine, or other machine running ftp,
you call Grape.  To do this you need the internet address...
...for Grape this is 128.153.13.196....
type
   >ftp 128.153.13.196
you will then get a message saying that you are connected to Grape
and be asked for a login name..use the name anonymous and the 
password "login".  Then you are  logged into the machine Grape.
To get a file from Grape, type get .  Be sure to
type the word binary before getting executable or archived files.

sometimes you will need to use a UN*X de archiver like uudecode
to get the files into a useable format..consult your UN*X MANual.

good luck.
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