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- From: knopf@nisc.jvnc.net (Greg Knopf)
- Subject: Re: ftp commands
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.172903.4214@tigger.jvnc.net>
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- References: <1992Dec31.060322.15902@tfs.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:29:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.060322.15902@tfs.com>, rsw@tfs.com (Rob White) writes:
- |> I use a unix machine to ftp to various sites.
- |> As examples: I do not know how to read a file that is at another
- |> site other than to transfer the file to my own site, exit ftp,
- |> and then read the file. Kind of awkward.
-
- On a unix machine:
-
- ftp> get README.TXT /dev/tty
-
- Will get the file and write it directly to your terminal. If
- the file is longer than one screenful and you do not have a
- windowing system with a scrollbar, use:
-
- ftp> get README.TXT "|more"
-
- |> Also, I do not know how to change my home directory or check
- |> my own computer directories when I am linked to another site.
-
-
- List files in home machine's current working directory:
-
- ftp> !ls
-
- Change directories on local machine:
-
- ftp> lcd /new/directory
-
-
-
- Also, you can "suspend" an ftp session by entering the unix ^Z (ctrl-Z):
-
- ftp> ^Z
- Suspended
- (wd now: ~/temp)
- r2d2-tcsh> cat README
-
- Not worth keeping.
-
- r2d2-tcsh> rm README
- r2d2-tcsh> fg
- ftp ftp.jvnc.net (wd: ~)
-
- ftp>
-
- Hope this helps,
-
- - Greg
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