Answer: How to FTP?

Eli McInnis <014...@dragon.acadiau.ca> wrote:
> I have essentially zero experience with FTP'ing ... I read in an FAQ 
> that I could get Figlet if I ftp ftp.isu.edu .... but once I got there it 
> asked me for a username and password... I have never been there before 
> ..and could not see any instructions listed for first time users.... 
> could someone please tell me what I'm suposed to do once I get there.... 
> do I have to e-mail someone to get an account or something or am I 
> entirely missing the idea of ftp?   (I am anxious to start getting some 
> ascii pictures up here and don't have the abilities to do that detailed 
> work myself...so I would also nees to get a gif to ascii converter from 
> some site ... so I will be needing to know how to ftp to do that as 
> well...thank you for your patience. :w 


   As to FTP'ing, it's fairly easy.  You type 'anonymous' for the 
username, and your email address for the password.  You type 'ls' to list 
what's in a folder, 'cd' and a foldername to go into a folder, and type
'cd ..' to back out of a folder.

   The really good news is that you don't have to do it the standard way 
if you don't want to.  You can use a Web browser as a front end to the 
FTP process.  Let's say you want to go to the above mentioned ftp.isu.edu, 
you would, assuming you have lynx on a live Net site, type at the prompt:

lynx ftp://ftp.isu.edu

   This will take you to ftp.isu.edu and automatically log you in, so you 
don't have to do that.  And instead of using commands, you use the up and 
down arrow keys to move up and down menus.  You use the right arrow to go 
into a folder, and the left arrow to back out of a folder.  The right 
arrow is also used to access a text file or download a binary.  To 
download a text file, you press the d key while the item is selected.

   You can also type:

lynx ftp://ftp.isu.edu/pub/figlet

   This will drop you right into the Figlet folder.

   Even better news is that if you go to the Scarecrow's WWW Link, you 
can browse many FTP, Gopher, and WWW sites just by clicking on links to them.
To go to the Scarecrow's WWW Link using lynx, type at the prompt:

lynx http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html

   Hope you enjoy yourself.

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