Article 3769 of alt.politics.clinton:
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Subject: CLINTON FTP SITES: GETTING TO/USING THEM
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 17 Aug 1992 17:25:03 CDT
From: Mary Jacobs <[U 45301] at [uicvm.uic.edu]>
Message-ID: <[92230 172503 U 45301] at [uicvm.uic.edu]>
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SEND COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS INFORMATION TO THE
CLINTON/GORE CAMPAIGN AT [75300 3115] at [COMPUSERVE.COM]
(This information is posted for public education purposes. It does
not necessarily represent the views of The University.)
========================================================================
Here are instructions for reaching the Clinton/Gore Library:
The following directions should enable anyone connected to the Internet
to retrieve the files on ftp.uu.net that are copied from the directory
maintained by Barry Shein at world.std.com.
0. Login to your system, and change directories to the directory where
you will be storing the files you download. If you need to, create
a directory to hold the files:
mkdir Clinton-Gore<RETURN>
cd Clinton-Gore<RETURN>
1. FTP (run the "ftp" program) to ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9). If you can't
access this machine, contact your system administrator. Type:
ftp -i ftp.uu.net<RETURN>
Or, if that doesn't work, then type:
ftp -i 137.39.1.9<RETURN>
If that still doesn't work, see your system administrator.
2. The machine (ftp.uu.net) will respond with something like:
Connected to ftp.uu.net
220 ftp.UU.NET FTP server (Version 6.30 Mon Jul 27 14:07:35 EDT 1992) ready.
Name (ftp.uu.net:<your login name>):
3. Type "anonymous" and hit the RETURN key. Your screen should look like:
Connected to ftp.uu.net
220 ftp.UU.NET FTP server (Version 6.30 Mon Jul 27 14:07:35 EDT 1992) ready.
Name (137.39.1.9:<your login name>): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.
Password:
4. Here, type in your e-mail address as your password, and hit RETURN. The
remote computer will not echo the characters you type in. Your screen
should look like:
Connected to ftp.uu.net
220 ftp.UU.NET FTP server (Version 6.30 Mon Jul 27 14:07:35 EDT 1992) ready.
Name (137.39.1.9:<your login name>): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-
230- Welcome to the UUNET archive.
230- A service of UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, Virginia
230- For information about UUNET, call +1 703 204 8000, or see the files
230- in /uunet-info
230-
230- Access is allowed all day. Local time is Wed Aug 12 17:42:34 1992.
230-
230- All transfers are logged with your host name and email address.
230- If you don't like this policy, disconnect now!
230-
230- If your FTP client crashes or hangs shortly after login, try using a
230- dash (-) as the first character of your password. This will turn off
230- the informational messages which may be confusing your ftp client.
230-
230-Please read the file /info/README.ftp
230- it was last modified on Wed Aug 5 21:09:19 1992 - 7 days ago
230-Please read the file /info/README
230- it was last modified on Wed Aug 5 21:10:26 1992 - 7 days ago
230-Please read the file /index/README
230- it was last modified on Wed Aug 5 22:52:20 1992 - 7 days ago
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp>
5. Congratulations! You're in! Now type the following:
cd /doc/literary/obi/USElection/President/Clinton<RETURN>
6. The computer responds with:
250 CWD command successful.
ftp>
7. You are now in the correct directory to retrieve the
Clinton-Gore documents. To see the available files, type:
ls -C<RETURN>
8. The computer responds with something like:
ftp> ls -C
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
aarp.txt.Z clinton.txt.Z foreig.txt.Z logfile.txt.Z stloui.txt.Z
address.txt.Z crime.txt.Z gorebos.txt.Z lulac.txt.Z super.txt.Z
africa.txt.Z defens.txt.Z gorems.txt.Z mayors.txt.Z texas.txt.Z
amsecur.txt.Z dlc.txt.Z gtown.txt.Z nam.txt.Z trade1.txt.Z
anpa.txt.Z east.txt.Z haiti.txt.Z nbc.txt.Z uaw.txt.Z
arseni.txt.Z econ.txt.Z health.txt.Z nobel1.txt.Z unempl.txt.Z
bcheal.txt.Z educ07.txt.Z hillar.txt.Z offices.txt.Z urban.txt.Z
bcmsg.txt.Z educat.txt.Z index.txt.Z plat_1.txt.Z wharto.txt.Z
bhulsey.txt.Z enviro.txt.Z iraq.txt.Z plat_2.txt.Z wjc_bio.txt.Z
bosnia.txt.Z evergr.txt.Z la.txt.Z platfo.txt.Z wsb.txt.Z
bpw.txt.Z family.txt.Z lagrange.txt.Z rainbo.txt.Z yeltsi.txt.Z
china.txt.Z fetal.txt.Z letter.txt.Z religion.txt.Z yugo.txt.Z
choice.txt.Z flynn.txt.Z license.txt.Z sacram.txt.Z yugo2.txt.Z
226 Transfer complete.
remote: -C
824 bytes received in 0.34 seconds (2.4 Kbytes/s)
ftp>
9. The list you see is the list of all available files. The ".txt" indicates
that the files are in ASCII text form. (Actually, the files are in DOS
text form.) The ".Z" on the end of each file indicates that the files are
compressed using the UNIX "compress" utility. To receive compressed files,
you first have to tell FTP that you are transferring binary files. Type:
type binary<RETURN>
10. The computer responds with:
ftp> type binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp>
11. Now, make sure that you are in the desired directory on your machine. Type
lcd .<RETURN>
12. The computer responds with:
ftp> lcd .
Local directory now <your current directory>
ftp>
13. Now, select the files you wish to retrieve. Type:
mget <list of filenames, separated by spaces><RETURN>
To get all of the files, type:
mget *
You can also use patterns, such as "yugo*" to get all files whose names
begin with "yogo".
14. The computer responds with:
ftp> mget china.txt.Z yugo*
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for china.txt.Z (3275 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: china.txt.Z remote: china.txt.Z
3275 bytes received in 0.76 seconds (4.2 Kbytes/s)
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for yugo.txt.Z (1989 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: yugo.txt.Z remote: yugo.txt.Z
1989 bytes received in 2.3 seconds (0.84 Kbytes/s)
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for yugo2.txt.Z (1201 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: yugo2.txt.Z remote: yugo2.txt.Z
1201 bytes received in 0.29 seconds (4 Kbytes/s)
ftp>
15. There! Your files are now transferred. If you wish to retrieve any
more files, you can retrieve them now by specifying the file names. If
you are done, you can exit the ftp program by typing:
quit<RETURN>
16. The computer responds with:
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
<your machine prompt>
17. If you have retrieved files previously, and want to see what new files have
been added, complete steps 1-6 above (you don't need to repeat them
if you are still in the ftp program), and type:
ls -latr
This produces a listing of the files in ascending time order, from earliest
to latest:
ftp> ls -latr
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 516
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1018 Aug 9 18:34 haiti.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 2477 Aug 9 18:34 health.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1201 Aug 9 18:34 yugo2.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1989 Aug 9 18:34 yugo.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1674 Aug 9 18:34 yeltsi.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 21922 Aug 9 18:34 wsb.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 3065 Aug 9 18:34 wjc_bio.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 14055 Aug 9 18:34 wharto.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 19211 Aug 9 18:34 urban.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1176 Aug 9 18:34 unempl.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 12153 Aug 9 18:34 uaw.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 7532 Aug 9 18:34 texas.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 6328 Aug 9 18:34 super.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 810 Aug 9 18:34 trade1.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 7192 Aug 9 18:34 stloui.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 6112 Aug 9 18:34 sacram.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 208 Aug 9 18:34 religion.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 13488 Aug 9 18:34 rainbo.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 25709 Aug 9 18:34 platfo.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 12213 Aug 9 18:34 plat_2.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 15237 Aug 9 18:34 plat_1.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 955 Aug 9 18:34 offices.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 2342 Aug 9 18:34 nobel1.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 13107 Aug 9 18:34 nbc.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 17478 Aug 9 18:34 nam.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 9898 Aug 9 18:34 mayors.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 9799 Aug 9 18:34 lulac.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1011 Aug 9 18:34 la.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 2232 Aug 9 18:34 logfile.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 815 Aug 9 18:34 license.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 4205 Aug 9 18:34 letter.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 4705 Aug 9 18:34 lagrange.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 8052 Aug 9 18:34 hillar.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 818 Aug 9 18:34 iraq.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 14183 Aug 9 18:34 dlc.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 6435 Aug 9 18:34 defens.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 3649 Aug 9 18:34 index.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 13427 Aug 9 18:34 gtown.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 7673 Aug 9 18:34 gorems.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1037 Aug 9 18:34 gorebos.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 16785 Aug 9 18:34 foreig.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 6669 Aug 9 18:34 flynn.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1495 Aug 9 18:34 fetal.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 12040 Aug 9 18:34 family.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 3349 Aug 9 18:34 evergr.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 11356 Aug 9 18:34 enviro.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 15665 Aug 9 18:34 educat.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1425 Aug 9 18:34 educ07.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 19153 Aug 9 18:34 econ.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 6900 Aug 9 18:34 east.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 6071 Aug 9 18:34 crime.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 12125 Aug 9 18:34 bcmsg.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 10867 Aug 9 18:34 aarp.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 17648 Aug 9 18:34 clinton.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1612 Aug 9 18:34 choice.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 3275 Aug 9 18:34 china.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 1266 Aug 9 18:34 bpw.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 2567 Aug 9 18:34 bosnia.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 952 Aug 9 18:34 bhulsey.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 465 Aug 9 18:34 address.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 3773 Aug 9 18:34 bcheal.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 12507 Aug 9 18:34 arseni.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 11794 Aug 9 18:34 anpa.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 16806 Aug 9 18:34 amsecur.txt.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 3 21 999 Aug 9 18:34 africa.txt.Z
drwxr-sr-x 4 3 21 512 Aug 10 23:18 ..
drwxr-sr-x 2 3 21 1536 Aug 10 23:20 .
226 Transfer complete.
remote: -latr
4579 bytes received in 16 seconds (0.28 Kbytes/s)
ftp>
18. By looking at the date, you can determine which new files have been
added, and then retrieve the ones you wish to retrieve by using the
"mget" command described above.
19. After you have exited the ftp program, you now need to decompress the
files you have retrieved. To do this, first make sure you are still in
the proper directory. Then run the uncompress program:
uncompress <list of filenames, use *.Z for all><RETURN>
This will uncompress the selected files. You may then print out the
desired files, or view them on your screen.
20. Good luck, and thanks for your support!
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