Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:35106 comp.unix.questions:16474 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!seismo!ukma!husc6!m2c!umvlsi!umaecs!ssircar From: SSIRCAR@ecs.umass.edu (Good writers re-write -- not write!) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: anon ftp to Simtel Message-ID: <120@ecs.umass.edu> Date: 16 Sep 89 19:16:19 GMT References: <11651@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Distribution: usa Lines: 41 In article <11651@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R) writes: > I am on a University UNIX system that has ftp. How do I do the > so called anonymous ftp??? In order to FTP to SIMTEL, you must enter the following command to access SIMTEL: $ FTP simtel20.army.mil Enter ANONYMOUS and your id for the USERNAME and PASSWORD, respectively, when prompted. > And once I'm on, what is the MS-DOS > directory? To change to the MS-DOS directory, enter the following to change directories: CD PD: If you are looking for a particular directory, you can easily request for a list of all the directories via MAIL. Enter the following message to LISTSERV@RPIECS: /PDDIR PD: The list will take a few minutes to be sent to you. While in FTP, to change to a sub-directory, such as, MODEMS, enter the following command: CD PD: To look at a directory, just enter DIR. Enter HELP for help. Hope this was enough to quench your thirst for information. -- |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| | Real name: Santanu Sircar | - If anything can go wrong, | | BITNET : | it will go wrong! | | INTERNET : | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | -When you expect trouble, nothing happens. | | -When you do not expect anything, the world comes down upon you! | | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^