Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!ns-mx!l_ecn02.icaen.uiowa.edu!mtpins From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: fish archives available ?? Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 00:49:52 GMT References: <1555@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <6403@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <13468@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <3285@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> Sender: news@ns-mx.uiowa.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 40 nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (Michael S Figg) writes: >In article <13468@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sri-Man) writes: :> :> People are having trouble looking at the archives at uiowa. You have to use :> 'dir' to look at the archives, not 'ls'. So when you cd into the amiga :> directory do a dir. Just thought people might be interested. :> :> Sri >It goes much deeper than just not being able to use 'ls'. Although the >system is open for anonymous ftp, it appears it can't handle the business. >I have been able to get a few files from there, but out of 10 times trying >I have only Logged off once myself. Usually I seem to be lucky to stay on >for over 5 minutes. It never ceases to amaze me that people will whine publicly about problems they are having with a site, without ever bothering to talk to the people at the site about the problem. This is the first instance I've heard of this problem, and I'm not sure what your problem is. Are you getting kicked off by the site? Are you getting bumped by the net? Are you timing out? Also, what time of the day are you trying to ftp? If you are trying to do major downloads during the day, you get what you deserve. People, if you are having trouble d/l'ing from a site, the first people to contact are the people who run the site. It's rather difficult to fix things you don't know are broken. Public whining generally gets you nowhere. Firestar -- ***************************************************************************** * Michael Pins (Firestar) | Internet: amigapd@grind.isca.uiowa.edu * * ISCA's Amiga Librarian | #include * *****************************************************************************