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From: cactus@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Todd Masco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: FTP and README files on a VAX
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.191916.825@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 19:19:16 GMT
References: <57261@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University
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In article <57261@nigel.ee.udel.edu> ccsoola@sacemnet.af.mil (CCSOOLA) writes:
>Well, on the VAX I use for FTP (VMS 5.4, TWG FTP 5.01-1), the command
>
>	GET <filename> TTY:
>
>works just fine.  For example:
>
>	GET foobarbaz.readme TTY:
>

This will depend highly upon what TCP/IP package you have.  Multinet,
for example, doesn't define TTY:.

The earlier post saying "GET <file> SYS$OUTPUT" is the correct thing
to do and will work across packages.  Or, for nicer output, find out
whether you can spawn out of FTP (will of course be different for
different TCP/IP packages).  If so, get the file to a local directory,
and spawn a TYPE/PAGE <file>. 

(signed) Just another VMS weenie...
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