Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!garym From: garym@cognos.uucp@uunet.uu.net (Gary Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: ftp announcement courtesies (was Re: BGI files for printers) Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 16:27:14 GMT References: <1991Apr25.143442.17170@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1991Apr29.073140.8159@cavebbs.gen.nz> Sender: garym@cognos.UUCP Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 16 In-reply-to: frank@cavebbs.gen.nz's message of 29 Apr 91 07:31:40 GMT This is really nit-picking in this context, but I'm on a crusade, so don't even try to stop me :-) Those of you with full ftp may think it a waste of keystrokes, but _please_, for the benefit of us underprivledged souls who must rely on list servers to do our ftp's, when announcing files for ftp include _both_ the directory name _and_ the filename. While a trivial string of CD's and LS's for those with the Power, the 2 or three day turn-around with list servers can mean many frustrating weeks of probing just to obtain a file. -- o| Gary Murphy |o |------------------------------------------------------------------------| o| uunet!mitel!cunews!cognos!garym garym%cognos.uucp@ccs.carlton.ca |o | Cognos Inc. P.O. Box 9707 Ottawa K1G 3N3 (613) 738-1338 x5537 | o| "There are many things which do not concern the process" - Joan of Arc |o