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From: s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FTP's
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.015617.15648@santra.uucp>
Date: 8 Feb 91 01:56:17 GMT
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In article <4701@mindlink.UUCP> Sam_Oben@mindlink.UUCP (Sam Oben) writes:
>I am wondering if anybody can explain to me what FTP and the numbers that are
>associated with them are.  So far on my own, I've been confused on how to
>access them or whatever I'm suppose to do to get to them.  any help will be
>appreciated.

FTP is a short for File Transfer Protocol. FTP is used to move files via nets
from machine to another. Those numbers are an address. All machines have
their address in both numbers and letters, for example I am on a machine
called saha, saha.tky.hut.fi now (saha is finnish and means saw, like jiggsaw)
there is also a numerical form for that address.

In Unix, to use FTP, simply type FTP. (first see: man ftp)
Or type FTP <address>.
A widely used method is anonymous FTP. You can download PD to your machine
from various servers. When FTP asks your login-name, type "anonymous".
Then it asks your password ads asks you to send your indent as a password.

But FTP is a big thing, try man ftp or try to get some printed instructions
to use it.

			Jartsu


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