Re: FTP site problems

[Don Pattee Jr <afn40469@afn.org>]

On 18 Apr 1996, John Lesher wrote:

Copy>	How are you tring to access ground?  If you are using something
Copy>like 'lynx', press [shift]-D on the link in order to d/l.  If you are
Copy>using an 'ftp' command from a prompt, use the 'bin' command to switch
Copy>to binary, then 'get [filename]' or 'mget [file*wildcard]' commands.
Copy>	The other possible problem is that the file which you are
Copy>trying to d/l has improper file protections, which simply means that
Copy>you are not allowed to d/l it.
Copy>	Finally, the address for ground is ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
Copy>
Copy>Tilghman
Copy>
Copy>

I know how to download,  like I said before the problem was "File not
found" etc...That lead me to beleave that either my FTP host was being
pissy, or the files on ground were attributed wrong. 
Copy>

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