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From: @utrcgw.utc.com:mark@ardnt1 (mark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: RE: ftp problems
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Date: 13 Feb 91 13:28:32 GMT
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on 23 Jan 91 22:04:46 GMT,
"worrell, brandon lee" <@utrcgw.utc.com:bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.EDU> said:

    > I am having a problem downloading certain files from the NEWXanth archive
    > specifically.  I am using the get command, but whenever I try to get a
    > program that has more than one period in it then it gives me an invalid
    > file specification or some similar error.  Do I need to put something
    > like quotes around the name (similar to AmigaDOS when there's a space in
    > the name) to get the file?  Here is an example of a file that I would
    > like to get:  Border-1.0.lzh
    > Thanks.....

    > Brandon Worrell
    > bworrell@cmcvx1.claremont.edu

Brandon,

  It sounds like you might be using a VMS system.  VMS doesn't like
file names that have more than one period in them.  You should be
able to get around this by using the "get" command as follows:

	get Border-1.0.lzh Border-1-0.lzh

The first filename is the name of the file that you want to get, and
the second filename is the name to be given to that file on your
local system.

Hope this helps.

--Mark

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