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From: bskendig@dew.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Downloading files in one-go?
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Date: 12 May 91 19:33:51 GMT
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In article <2281@diemen.utas.edu.au> lin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Tony Lim) writes:
>Can anyone tell me if there are any communication application which allow me
>to download/upload files in one-go?  I am using a Mac+ connecting to the 
>Unix system through Telnet.

Yes, there is an easier way that what you describe.

>To download files from an anonymous FTP site, I have to

>A)  Transfer file from anonymous FTP site to our Unix system

A friend of mine told me (just last night, even!) about a command
named `proxy' in ftp, whereby you can open two connections at once in
one session, and files you `get' from one would be automatically `put'
to the other.  I haven't tried it yet, but I believe you just type
`proxy <command>' instead of just `command' for everything you want to
go to the second connection.  Therefore at this point you would:

- Hit Command-F to open an ftp session from NCSA Telnet to your Mac
- Go to the right directory
- Type `proxy open sumex-aim.stanford.edu' (or whatever other site name)
- Type `anonymous' as the user name, then anything at all for the password
- Type `proxy cd <path>', `proxy ls', or whatever else to navigate
- Type `proxy get <file>' or `proxy mget <regexp>' or whatever
- Quit from ftp by typing `bye'

If I'm right, the files should end up on your Mac without ever landing
on the Unix machine.  Am I correct?  (I haven't tried this yet.)

>C)  Decode binaries files
>    1) Decode the BinHexed file
>    2) Unstuffit file
>    3) Using other decompress application if the above procedure fails.

There's a Multifinder program named `Downline' (available from all the
normal places) that will watch a folder for files to appear in it.
When it finds a text file there it will un-binhex it, then it will
unstuff stuffed archives, and finally place the finished product into
another folder.

So it seems to me that the easiest way to cope with ftp is to set up
Downline on your Mac, then feed files to it through a proxy ftp
connection.

Piece of cake!  (Downline works like a charm.)

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