Re: Ground ftp server

[snelson@icaen.uiowa.edu (Steve Nelson)]

In article <yrOi4.86$dx4.7935164@alpha.sky.net>,
John <jmholmes@swbell.net> wrote:
>Ok, let me start by stating that in no way am I a "newbie" when it comes to 
>doing FTP transfers. 
>
>Is there something that is not quite right about the "ground" FTP server?  I 
>have tried not only using Windows FTP programs (FTP Explorer, and the built in 
>FTP program in a dos window) but also from unix shell accounts with no luck.  
>I can get the ls to work just fine, but when I try to do a get or mget nothing 
>ever happens.  It just sits there like I have asked it to serve me a cup of 
>coffee or something.  
>

It works for me from AIX and HPUX.  Here is sample of HPUX ftp:

mozart$ ftp ground.ecn.uiowa.edu
Connected to ground.ecn.uiowa.edu.
220 ground.ecn.uiowa.edu FTP server (Version wu-2.4(62) Sat Feb 10 15:24:13 CST
1996) ready.
Name (ground.ecn.uiowa.edu:snelson): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, type anything for your password.
Password:
230-
230-Welcome to ground.ecn.uiowa.edu !
230-
230-Most of the ISCA files archives have moved to  liquefy.isca.uiowa.edu
230-
230-The Apple// archive has moved to this machine.
230-
230- This Apple// archive exists because people all across the internet raised
230- the funds to buy the 1.7gig disk this archive uses.
230-
230---Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)
230-
230-
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd apple2
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> cd useful.stuff
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp> get tchange
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for /2/apple2/useful.stuff/tchange (1571
1 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
15711 bytes received in 0.29 seconds (52.50 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

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Be sure you cd to apple2 and desired directory after connecting.

Good luck!

Let me know if you have more problems.  I rarely get notices of problems.

  --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)