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Re: Grind & Pedigree

In a previous article, jthielen@vnet.IBM.COM (James A. Thielen - Schaumburg, Il.) says:

>I tried to GET Bight Software's new demo Pedigree off the grind and I get the
>
> Command:
>get pedigree
> >>>PORT 192,239,48,5,5,218
> 200 PORT command successful.
> >>>RETR pedigree
> 550 pedigree: not a plain file.
> Command:
>
>I switch to BINARY mode before I issued the GET.  Any ideas what I am doing
>wrong?

You are trying to download a subdirectory.  Try cd'ing to pedigree first and
then downloading the program pedigree.  At least, that error message is what 
I get when I make that same mistake.


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Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu