When you start Fetch or press the Open Connection... button you will be prompted with the connection dialog box. You must specifiy the name or IP number of the machine you wish to connect to, either by typing it in or by choosing an item from the Shortcuts pop-up menu. You may enter an user id and password. If you do not enter a user id Fetch will substitute the name ╥anonymous.╙ If you do not enter a password your default password will be used (the default password is specified in Preferences). So in order to use ╥anonymous FTP╙ you only need to enter a machine name.
Directories
Fetch displays directories roughly the same way that the Macintosh system displays folders. Once you are connected the current directory is displayed as the title of a pop-up menu above the file list. You can change directory in several ways. Double-clicking the name of a directory in the file list (or selecting it and hitting enter) causes Fetch to enter that directory. The pop-up menu above the file lists lets you move to any ancestor of the current directory. Choosing the Change Directory... command from the Directories menu prompts you for a directory name and makes that the current directory. Finally, the bottom of the Directories menu includes every directory you have entered since opening the connection. You may re-enter any one by selecting it from the menu.
Getting a File
To get a file, double-click on its name or select it and click the Get File... button. If the Automatic radio button is chosen Fetch will try to figure out what kind of file it is from its name, and treat it as a text file if it can't make an educated guess (see Automatic/Text/Binary under Reference). If the Text button is selected the file will be treated as text, and you will have the option of converting any BinHex files embedded in the text file. If the Binary button is selected Fetch will check to see if the file is in MacBinary II, AppleSingle, MacBinary I or MacHost format, and otherwise save it without any formatting or conversion. If you know what kind of file you are getting you should select the appropriate button. Most of the time, however, the Automatic setting will do the right thing.
Putting a File
To Transfer a file from your Macintosh to another machine click on the Put File... button. You will be asked to pick a file and prompted for the name and format to give the file you are putting. You should choose MacBinary II format if you plan to simply store the file on the other machine, BinHex if you plan to mail it to someone, and either Text, Wrapped Text, or Raw Data if you plan to manipulate the file on the host computer. Text will simply create a text file using the rules of the other system, Wrapped Text will limit lines to a certain length, and Raw Data will not perform any conversions at all.
Cancelling and Quitting
You may cancel any on-going operation by pressing the Cancel button. Some host computers do not recognize the cancel command and will therefore continue the current operation until it is completed. In that case your only options are to close the connection (by pressing Close Connection) or quitting from Fetch by choosing the Quit command from the File menu.
