Re: OFFICIAL:HyperCard IIgs on ftp sites

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <19940914.085715.726@almaden.ibm.com>,
James A. Thielen - Schaumburg, Il. <jthielen@VNET.IBM.COM> wrote:
>How do you get to the files.  I FTP to FTP.SUPPORT.APPLE.COM. I then issue
>the CD command to go to the /pub/Apple SW Updates/Apple II directory and
>I keep getting invail directory error.  I tried to follow the directions
>in the Readme_First file but still failed. I am using an MVS FTP session
>id that matters.

   The spaces in the name can confuse the system if they're not told
to be taken literally. I prefer enclosing things in ""s so that it
can properly parse it. For example, in your case, do a 

  'cd "pub/Apple SW Updates/Apple II"'   [no 's]

   And that should work.

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