FTP, an acronym for File Transfer Protocol, is a client-server protocol which allows one to transfer files between two computers. This information can be either text (ASCII) or binary in form. In the same way that browsers are the client applications that allow you to work on the World Wide Web, there are client programs like Fetch and Anarchie that allow you to carry out operations using FTP protocols. On the Chebucto Community Net you can use FTP to move files in and out of your private home directory (i.e. the one reached when you type 'g files') and any subdirectories of it such as your public_html directory. This is the one reached by the URL http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~login/ (where login= your login ID). To do so one simply FTP's to 'chebucto.ns.ca' just like you would FTP to anywhere else on the Internet using whatever FTP client programs you normally use (WS_FTP, Fetch, Anarchie Pro, FTP through a shell account, etc.). Enter your own login and password when prompted and you will be taken directly to your own home directory. From there 'get' (i.e. retrieve) or 'put' (i.e. deposit) files to or from the directory according to the way your FTP client works. This is useful for Information Providers (IP) editors and others who want to FTP files from other servers to the CCN. From their own file directory they then follow CCN file installation procedures to move the files to their IP directories. Note that the CCN does not support anonymous FTP, however, Information Provider Editors can FTP files directly to their IP directories. Information on how to do so is located in the IP FAQ http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Chebucto/IP/FAQ/ftp.html. To use FTP between your home computer and the CCN you must be working through a PPP connection. You can either use specific client applications such as WS_FTP (on IBM machines) or Fetch or Anarchie Pro (on the Macintosh OS) or you can use a publish function such as is supported by Netscape Communicator or other web-publishing programs. In the latter case, to FTP to your account on the CCN then (assuming your CCN login is zz011) the directory path you use (something which you can check for yourself by going to your file area) to FTP the file foobar.html is: ftp://chebucto.ns.ca/csuite/home/11/zz011/foobar.html Following is a log of an FTP transaction (through a Unix shell account using a shell FTP) which went to the home directory of user aa12x; logged in; ascertained what files were present; retrieved the file 'signature'; and then exited FTP. '?' will give you a list of FTP commands on most systems. The FTP prompt is indicated by ftp>. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ ftp ftp> open chebucto.ns.ca Connected to chebucto.ns.ca. 220 chebucto.ns.ca FTP server (Version wu-2.4(29) Sat Jan 4 20:25:59 AST 1997) ready. Name (chebucto.ns.ca:querty): aa12x 331 Password required for aa12x. Password: 230 User aa12x logged in. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /usr/5bin/ls. total 58 drwx------ 2 aa051 http 512 Dec 2 1996 Mail drwx------ 2 aa051 http 512 Oct 25 1997 News -rw-r--r-- 1 aa051 http 3567 Jun 23 11:25 lynx_bookmarks.html drwx------ 2 aa051 http 512 Jul 9 15:40 mail drwxr-xr-x 2 aa051 http 1024 Jun 13 09:27 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 aa051 http 231 Jan 2 1997 signature 226 Transfer complete. ftp> get signature 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for signature (231 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 234 bytes received in 0.003182 seconds (71.82 Kbytes/s) local: signature remote: signature ftp> bye 221 Goodbye.