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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: What is FTP?
Message-ID: <2913@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 11:48:26 EDT
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Reply-To: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Organization: System Development Corporation R&D, Santa Monica
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Summary: TCP/IP program on ARPAnet

A frequent question on usenet:
how do I ftp from xxx a file mentioned in some newsgroup?

Answer:  almost always requires that you have access to a machine on the
ARPAnet (actually DOD internet these days, with ARPAnet and MILNET being the
two main subnets), running TCP/IP software.
FTP is an interactive file transfer protocol command; usually you interact
with a series of commands to establish a connection to some remote machine,
log in, copy files in either direction, examine directories, etc.  A bit
like UUCP.

The sad fact is that if you didn't know what it is, you probably can't do it.
-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2525 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
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