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- From: behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: ftp ...not a plain file HELP
- Keywords: ftp resource forks
- Message-ID: <behrenss.720947844@hphalle6>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 07:17:24 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.061850.21227@cs.UAlberta.CA>
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- glyn@cs.UAlberta.CA (Reade Glyn Devin) writes:
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- > I was trying to download some files (say, for example,
- >the system 6 software from ftp.apple.com) and when I tried to
- >get the file, I received the error "not a plain file". I
- >tried it with both ascii "type is A" and binary "type is I".
-
- Bwahhaha! Sniff .... sorry ;-) You tried to get a directory, not
- a file. Try ls -lart, that shows you which files are new and which
- files are directories.
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- Grinsky
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- Spenke
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