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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 10:26:57 CST
From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>


This is a one page suggestion of how to give instructions for ftp:
(Might also work for telnet and other programs)

Instead of saying ftp to so.n.so for file /dir/subdir/subdir/filename.ext
I would suggest writing the instructions exactly as they appear onscreen,
perhaps including the feedback from the other end, perhaps not.

The reason is that the instructee may then be able to exactly copy lines
from your instructions to the command line, rather than typing them over
again (with attendant errors or loss of time) or having to cut and paste
repeatedly. . .such as cutting the line: get /dir/subdir/subdir/filename
once to make the cd line and once to make the get line (while having the
requirement of typing cd and get before pasting each line).


Example:

ftp so.n.so
login anonymous
password yourname@yournode
cd /dir/subdir/subdir
bin (if necessary)
prompt (if necessary)
get filename.ext
or
mget filenam*
quit

Happy New Year!

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Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
hart @uiucvmd.bitnet or hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu