Re: UNIX newbie question

[mahaffy@cc (James Mahaffy)]

Chris Deschu (cdeschu@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:

: Hmm. Until Joe mentioned it, I had never heard of ncftp. I barely
: have the time to read the CSA2 hierarchy, much less a bunch of
: general unix/www/net groups with much more traffic. I really don't
: mind learning something new on here once in awhile about the 'net,
: as long as it can be directly applied to retrieving appleii info,
: or something of that nature. Something like this improves my
: productivity, and gives me more time for other things. Makes me
: wonder what other gems are out there that I'm missing...


I agree with Chris. I had not heard of ncftp either and Joe's
explanation was clear enough to suggest that it might help my
productivity.  Little UNIX gems like that that help me get stuff easier
are helpful.  I don't want a lot of UNIX junk but little gems like that
(if it is one) are helpful.  Until I read some of these posts, I would
not even have known where to go for some basic information for folks
fairly new to the net.  .       



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