A Brief Intro to Anonymous FTP


The following is a very brief description of how to down/up load files from the Auger anonymous FTP area at Fermilab.

In what follows:

Text which the computer prints looks like this.

Commands you'll need to enter look like this.

Downloads (to your computer):

First, connect to Fermilab:

your_prompt>   ftp -n www-td-auger.fnal.gov

Connected to fnts38.fnal.gov.
220 fnts38 FTP server (UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0) ready.

Now log-on:

ftp>   user
(username)   anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:   your_e-mail_address_here
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.

Set the transfer mode ... preserves file integrity:

ftp>   binary
200 Type set to I.

Move to the Auger directory (remember that commands are case sensitive):

ftp>   cd Auger
250 CWD command successful.

Take a look at the top level of the Auger FTP directory:

ftp>   ls 
200 Port command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (131.225.68.15,28873) (0 bytes).
total 6
drwxrwxrwx   2 8755     1542         512 Jun 25 21:40 Contributions
drwxr-xr-x   2 8755     1542        1536 Jun 25 21:56 GAP94
drwxr-xr-x   2 8755     1542        1536 Jun 25 21:56 GAP95
drwxr-xr-x   2 8755     1542        1536 Jun 25 21:56 GAP96
drwxr-xr-x   2 8755     1542        1536 Jun 25 21:56 GAP97
drwxr-xr-x   2 8755     1542        1536 Jun 25 21:56 GAP98
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
Now, if you wish to download (to your computer) a file (e.g. GAP_97_051.ps) you first change to the appropriate sub-directory; then "get" the file:

ftp>   cd GAP97
250 CWD command successful.
ftp>   get GAP_97_051.ps
local: GAP_97_051.ps remote: GAP_97_051.ps
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for GAP_97_051.ps (131.225.68.15,31010) (1196095 bytes).
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
1200356 bytes received in 9.43 seconds (124.35 Kbytes/s)

Uploads (to Fermilab):

To submit your most recent work on "Sauerkraut as a Cerenkov Medium" (or GAP_98_123.ps) you must first move to the Contributions directory (all the other directories are read-only).

ftp>   cd /Auger/Contributions
250 CWD command successful.
ftp>   put GAP_98_123.ps
local: GAP_98_123.ps remote: GAP_98_123.ps
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for GAP_98_123.ps (131.225.68.15,7487).
226 Transfer complete.
727998 bytes sent in 0.07 seconds (10.81 Kbytes/s)

This assumes obviously that you have a GAP number!   If not you should name your file so as to clearly identify the author and date.   For example:

ftp>   put scintillating_sauerkraut.ps matthews_30jun98.ps
local: scintillating_sauerkraut.ps remote: matthews_30jun98.ps
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for matthews_30jun98.ps (131.225.68.15,7487).
226 Transfer complete.
727998 bytes sent in 0.07 seconds (10.81 Kbytes/s)

When finished simply:

ftp>   quit
221 Goodbye.

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