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FTP allows you to gain access to some other machines and store and/or
retrieve files. Normally one needs an acoount on the remote machine to use
it, bat a number of machines have a setup that allows everybody to log in
as the user ftp
or anonymous
, so anybody may get files from
them. The most important of this servers are the Aminet servers, which
mirror each other and hence should have the same files. They are the best
choice if you are looking for Amiga software. Aminet hosts are
USA (MO) ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 USA (CA) ftp.cdrom.com 192.153.46.2 USA (TX) ftp.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43 Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32 Germany ftp.uni-oldenburg.de 134.106.40.9 Germany ftp.coli.uni-sb.de 134.96.68.11 Switzerland ftp.eunet.ch 146.228.10.16 Switzerland litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 UK ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.1All these mirrors have a directory `/pub/aminet', where you will find much stuff. Please use a mirror close to you! Some other important hosts are
ftp.funet.fi (Finland) ftp.isca.uiowa.edu (USA) ftp.hawaii.edu (USA) ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (USA) ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Germany)Note that grind, aachen and erlangen have the full collection of Fish disks available! See Where do I get Fish disk xxx?.
To connect to a special host (ftp.uni-erlangen.de for example), you should type
ftp ftp.uni-erlangen.deThe host answers by requesting your login. You should type
ftpNo you are asked for a password. Please type your Email address here, if you have one. If not, use the password ftp.
Now you're inside the host. There is a number of commands you may execute here. The most important are:
When you have used FTP for the first times you will notice, that you always begin with executing the same steps:
machine ftp.uni-erlangen.de login ftp password <your mail address> or <ftp> macdef init bin cd pub/aminetNote that on some machines it is possible to use the machine name `default' which meets all machines not listed in .netrc.
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