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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:28:00 CST
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- From: Jim Milles <MILLESJG@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: msh 1 ftp Instructions
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 16:30:37 GMT
- From: Mike Vore W3CCV <mvore@fedix.fie.com>
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- >
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- >Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 10:26:57 CST
- >From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
- >
- >
- >This is a one page suggestion of how to give instructions for ftp:
- >(Might also work for telnet and other programs)
- >
- >Instead of saying ftp to so.n.so for file /dir/subdir/subdir/filename.ext
- >I would suggest writing the instructions exactly as they appear onscreen,
- >perhaps including the feedback from the other end, perhaps not.
- >
- >The reason is that the instructee may then be able to exactly copy lines
- >from your instructions to the command line, rather than typing them over
- >again (with attendant errors or loss of time) or having to cut and paste
- >repeatedly. . .such as cutting the line: get /dir/subdir/subdir/filename
- >once to make the cd line and once to make the get line (while having the
- >requirement of typing cd and get before pasting each line).
- >
- >
- >Example:
- >
- >ftp so.n.so
- >login anonymous
- >password yourname@yournode
- >cd /dir/subdir/subdir
- >bin (if necessary)
- >prompt (if necessary)
- >get filename.ext
- >or
- >mget filenam*
- >quit
- >
-
- For the most part, this is a good suggestion, but 'login' and 'password'
- are generated by the user's ftp client program and therefore are quite
- variable. I have seen 'User ID', 'User Name' and a few more for the 'login'
- prompt, and likewise a few variations on the password prompt. The best
- that can be done is to find a good 'happy medium' of a generic login, and
- hope that most users will know what to do.
-
-
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