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- From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: ftp ...not a plain file HELP
- Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:41:30 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Message-ID: <1db4pqINNfa4@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1992Nov4.061850.21227@cs.UAlberta.CA>
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- glyn@cs.UAlberta.CA (Reade Glyn Devin) writes:
-
- > 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".
-
- That means you tried to GET a directory. Try to "cd" into it the next time
- you get that message.
-
- Todd Whitesel
- toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
-