Introduction

A Plan for Staff In-Service Session

HOW TO FTP WITHOUT NETSCAPE

  1. Using Fetch or some other program, type ftp host name. Example - ftp csd4.csd.uwm.edu

  2. Login as anonymous.
  3. Type your password which is your complete email address.

  4. Specify the type of transfer, ascii, which is for text only or binary which Is for software or graphics files.
  5. Type cd pub (You may also have to change to another directory but the software will usually prompt you).
  6. Type get filename. Example get inet.services.txt.
  7. You may get help at any time by typing help.
  8. Exit by typing either quit or bye.
Be aware that files are sometimes compressed and may require a program that will decompress them. Any file containing the extension .zip or tar will be one of these. PKZip is a program that will decompress files.

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