Subject: Re: Ground ftp server Path: lobby!newstf02.news.aol.com!portc05.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!newsfeed.enteract.com!feed.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!marge.eaglequest.com!ord-feed.news.verio.net!news.uiowa.edu!snelson From: snelson@icaen.uiowa.edu (Steve Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Date: 24 Jan 2000 18:01:32 GMT Organization: Pediatric Nutrition, University of Iowa Lines: 71 Message-ID: <86i41s$j1a$1@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mozart.peds.uiowa.edu X-Trace: flood.weeg.uiowa.edu 948736892 19498 129.255.104.130 (24 Jan 2000 18:01:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uiowa.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Jan 2000 18:01:32 GMT In article , John wrote: >Ok, let me start by stating that in no way am I a "newbie" when it comes to >doing FTP transfers. > >Is there something that is not quite right about the "ground" FTP server? I >have tried not only using Windows FTP programs (FTP Explorer, and the built in >FTP program in a dos window) but also from unix shell accounts with no luck. >I can get the ls to work just fine, but when I try to do a get or mget nothing >ever happens. It just sits there like I have asked it to serve me a cup of >coffee or something. > It works for me from AIX and HPUX. Here is sample of HPUX ftp: mozart$ ftp ground.ecn.uiowa.edu Connected to ground.ecn.uiowa.edu. 220 ground.ecn.uiowa.edu FTP server (Version wu-2.4(62) Sat Feb 10 15:24:13 CST 1996) ready. Name (ground.ecn.uiowa.edu:snelson): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, type anything for your password. Password: 230- 230-Welcome to ground.ecn.uiowa.edu ! 230- 230-Most of the ISCA files archives have moved to liquefy.isca.uiowa.edu 230- 230-The Apple// archive has moved to this machine. 230- 230- This Apple// archive exists because people all across the internet raised 230- the funds to buy the 1.7gig disk this archive uses. 230- 230---Steve (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu) 230- 230- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd apple2 250 CWD command successful. ftp> cd useful.stuff 250 CWD command successful. ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> get tchange 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for /2/apple2/useful.stuff/tchange (1571 1 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 15711 bytes received in 0.29 seconds (52.50 Kbytes/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. -------- Be sure you cd to apple2 and desired directory after connecting. Good luck! Let me know if you have more problems. I rarely get notices of problems. --Steve (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)