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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 16:30:37 GMT
From: Mike Vore W3CCV <mvore@fedix.fie.com>

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>Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 10:26:57 CST
>From: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
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>This is a one page suggestion of how to give instructions for ftp:
>(Might also work for telnet and other programs)
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>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.
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>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).
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>Example:
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>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
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For the most part, this is a good suggestion, but 'login' and 'password'
are generated by the user's ftp client program and therefore are quite
variable.  I have seen 'User ID', 'User Name' and a few more for the 'login'
prompt, and likewise a few variations on the password prompt.  The best
that can be done is to find a good 'happy medium' of a generic login, and
hope that most users will know what to do.


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