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From: ii9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Amiga FTPing
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.230107.5607@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 03:01:07 GMT
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Organization: CIT, Cornell University
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Hello, I'm new to FTPing and have a few questions:

1) I can't seem to download some files.  I get an error message something like
"not a plain file".  How do I get these?
2) In ab20, there's a file called "FILES.Z" which according to the readme is
supposed to be an index to what files are at that site.  But it seems to be
compressed in some way I'm not familiar with.  I've tried arc, zoo, lharc, warp
, etc. but nothing works.
3) Is there any way to look at the contents of a readme file without exiting
ftp?
4) I downloaded Oberon from ab20, but it's crippleware.  Anyone know if the
full version is done yet, and how much it costs?

Please reply via E-mail, and I'll summarize.
 Brian Slesinsky
 II9Y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu