Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!mintaka!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos!aland From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Joining binhexed files? Message-ID: Date: 9 May 90 17:50:20 GMT References: <1990May3.134238.20598@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <3254@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <1990May8.014517.10451@agate.berkeley.edu> <2818@crystal9.UUCP> <1383@marlin.NOSC.MIL> Sender: @chaos.cs.brandeis.edu Organization: Organization? Of course I'm not Organized! Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: mocko@marlin.NOSC.MIL's message of 8 May 90 20:59:17 GMT In article <1383@marlin.NOSC.MIL> mocko@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Gary S. Mocko) writes: doesn't anyone else think the major ftp sites ought to include a few tutorial paragraphs in a file called something like: tutorial.ftp.transfers.[please.read.this.before.you.start.asking.questions. about.ftp.or.what.to.do.with.these.files.after.you.get.them].txt? I seem to remember there being a file README.00 or something similar on most FTP sites, in at least one directory. And I have a vague memory of that file being instructions on FTP'ing and using the files. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | Reality is a function of the delusion factor MB 3130/Brandeis University | For those about to Rock, we salute you! PO Box 9110 Waltham MA 02254 | Life's a beach & then you drown! Catch the Wave 753 South Street, " MA 02154 - Effective 9-1-90. Rooms available for sub-let! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=