Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1993 11:41:21 (CST)
From: CuD Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu)
Subject: File 5--Obtaining Back Issues of CuD via FTP

CuD Moderators are continually asked: "What's ftp and how to I use
it?"

"FTP" stands for File Transfer Protocol and is a way of obtaining
files from a remote site. You must have a computer account with ftp
capability.  Universities and some public access systems are common
locations for such accounts. The system you are on must also support
ftp.  If you aren't sure what this means, contact your local sysguru.
If you have access only to your favorite local BBS, you're out of
luck.  You should invest a few dollars for an account on The Well,
Mindvox, Netsys, Netcom, or some of the other systems providing
ftp/telnet/IRC and other services.

Addresses for the ftp sites are listed in the header at the top of
each issue of CuD.  The CuD archives and mailserver are maintained by
a bunch of hardworking guys (listed in the header, above) and through
the generosity of the systems that provide the space. If you browse
the archives, keep these points in mind as a matter of courtesy to
those providing the space:

1.  USE THE FACILITIES DURING OFF-HOURS (the more off the better) TO
    LIMIT CONGESTION

2.  DO NOT STAY ON LONGER THAN NECESSARY

3.  USE THE SITE CLOSEST TO YOU

The CuD Archmeisters have set up the sites identically. If your system
allows ftping, you can try typing this command:

ftp some.address.you.choose.edu

Then, assuming all works as it should, you will be connected and asked
for your login. At the prompt, type:   anonymous

You will then be asked for your password. Type your logon id. If I were to
log into Dan Carasone's site in Australia, I would simply type:
     login?    anonymous
     pw?       tk0jut2@mp.cs.niu.edu

 You move about in these systems as you would in most other Unix
 systems.  Use "cd" to change directories, "ls" to see what's in a
 directory, and other standard stuff. Remember, commands, directory
 names, and files are case-sensitive, so be sure to keep upper and
 lower case letters straight.  After you've logged in, change to the
 cud directory by typing:
    cd  pub/cud

 Then type
     ls
and you should see the following:

150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 120
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  12              0 Apr 25  1992 .notar
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149          5291 Feb 24 08:11 Added
-rw-r--r--  1 brendan  149         11776 Feb 24 08:11 Index
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:08 alcor
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:08 ane
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Jan  3 22:12 aotd
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 Nov 12 22:41 ati
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:08 bootlegger
drwxr-xr-x  3 brendan  149           512 Apr 25  1992 ccc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          3584 Jan  7 04:04 cdc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25  1992 cdugd
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 chalisti
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Feb 24 08:10 chaos
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 cpi
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          3584 Feb 22 22:45 cud
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Oct 17 05:28 dfp
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25  1992 fbi
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Nov  2 19:24 inform
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 Apr 25  1992 law
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 lod
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Feb 10 01:54 misc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 narc
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25  1992 networks
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Apr 25  1992 nfx
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1536 Oct  6 17:38 nia
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 nsa
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1536 Dec 11 07:53 papers
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Feb 10 01:54 phantasy
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 Jan  7 04:08 phrack
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 phun
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 pirate
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 ppp
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149          1024 Apr 25  1992 schools
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 synd
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 May 18 14:09 tap
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Sep 18 17:58 upi
drwxr-xr-x  2 brendan  149           512 Nov 29 21:22 wview

Each of the above are subdirectories that contain papers, journals,
and other documents. "phantasy" contains back issues of Phantasy.
"lod" contains the "Legion of Doom/Technical Journals."  "cud"
contains all the back issues of CuD, including indexes. To get to
these subdirectories, simply type
cd cud     (or: cd tap   or whatever).
To download a file, the command is get file.name  (or, for multiple
files,
mget  file.name1 file.name2)

A file that ends in .Z  is a compressed file, which means, after
downloading to your own system, you must uncompress. If you
get a file called  file.Z, to uncompress the command
   uncompress file.Z             should work.

If this sounds confusing, we strongly recommend purchasing Brendan
Kehoe's ZEN AND THE ART OF THE INTERNET or Ed Krol's THE WHOLE
INTERNET. Both are worth having, and both provide easy-to-follow
instructions.

PLEASE REMEMBER: AS A COURTESY TO THOSE WHO MAINTAIN THE ARCHIVES AND
ESPECIALL TO THOSE KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SPACE, BE GOOD NET CITIZEN:
1) LOG IN AT OFF-HOURS (after midnight on the site's time), 2) DO NOT
BE A HOG, and 3) USE THE SITE NEAREST YOU.

If you have problems with ftp, it is best to first ask your local
gurus for advice rather than the ftp site crowd or the CuD moderators.
We don't know your system, so we're not the ones to ask.

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