Re: ftp ...not a plain file HELP

[henigan@quando.quantum.de (Kevin Henigan)]

In article <1992Nov4.061850.21227@cs.UAlberta.CA> 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".

it's "not a plain file" it's a directory :-)

an ls look's like this :-

drwxr-xr-x  2 fred         2048 Oct 30 10:28 dir
-rw-r--r--  1 fred         8282 Jul 17 13:20 README
^
The first character tells you the type -
	d - directory
	- - plain file

so do a cd directory
then ls
and get file


>--Devin 		glyn@manning.cs.ualberta.ca



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