How to use MSC's anonymous FTP Server
There are many different ftp (file
transfer protocol) clients available. ftp comes with the O/S on all UNIX systems.
For the Mac and PC there are several third party choices available.
This document describes how to connect
to the MSC FTP Server ftp.mscsoftware.com , where to
find files you may download, and where to "put" files
you wish to upload.
For this discussion the UNIX ftp
utility will be used.
Alternatively, you can use your web
browser to download files by using the URL: ftp://ftp.mscsoftware.com/pub
Please remember that if you are having trouble downloading ".Z" or ".gz" files
from a UNIX based browser, that holding the "shift" key while selecting such
a file will cause the browser to provide the desired behavior.
1) How to
Connect to ftp.mscsoftware.com
From your firewall machine (or host connected to the Internet) type:
ftp ftp.mscsoftware.com
Enter:
anonymous
You will then see:
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
At the password prompt, enter you complete
email address:
dmr@alice.att.com
2) Where
to put or upload files.
Complete 1) above. You are now in the ftp directory. Please change directory
to /pub/incoming by typing:
cd /pub/incoming
This directory is not readable so you
will not be able to see the names of the files that have been uploaded or "put".
To "put" or upload a file, you need to specify the file type (binary or ascii)
and then move the file. To start this process, type:
bin (for binary files eg *.tar, *.Z *.gz)
or
asc (for ascii or text files)
Then to begin the upload, type:
put <filename>
NOTE.
During this process, it will be necessary to contact an MSC technical support
representative to notify them that a file has been uploaded or "put" on the MSC
ftp server. The technical contact will be able to read the files in the /pub/incoming
directory but it is a good idea to provide this person with the descriptive filename
that was chosen.
3)
Where to find files you may download.
Complete 1) above. You are now in the
ftp directory. Please change directory to /pub/outgoing
or /pub/msc-products by typing:
cd /pub/outgoing
or
cd /pub/msc-products
The files in this directory are available
for any anonymous user to retrieve. You may list the names of the files in this
directory by typing:
ls
Downloading or "get"ing files via ftp
requires that you know something about the file type before you download it. Two
file types are used: ASCII and BINARY.
To download a BINARY file, type:
bin
get <filename>
To download an ASCII file, type:
asc
get <filename>
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