Anonymous ftp to NCSA



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Anonymous ftp to NCSA

Here is a transcript of a session which the remote user rubin had with NCSA, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. This is a good example because NCSA permits anyone to sign onto their computers as the user anonymous, then enter anything as a password (they prefer your Internet address for identification), then browse through their files for software and documentation of interest, and then copy the software and documentation to your home computer. This is also a good idea because the programs are state of the art, supported, and free.
           

% ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu   	You issue the ftp command.   
Connected to zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu.   	Now wait.   
220 zaphod FTP server ready.   	  
Name:anonymous   	Rubin enters anonymous.   
331 Send email alias as pw   	   
Password:rubin@phys.oreu.edu   	   
230 Guest login ok, access   	  
restrictions apply.   	Barely in.   
ftp> ls   	Rubin asks to see what's there.   
HDF INDEX Mac PC Unix   	   
README.FIRST Samples   	Etc.   
226 Transfer complete.   	   
ftp> get README.FIRST   	Always read this first.   
200 PORT command successful.   	   
150 Opening ASCII mode data   	   
connection for README.FIRST (15465 bytes).   	   
226 Transfer complete.   	   
15868 bytes received in 4.599   	   
seconds (3.369 Kbytes/s)   	   
ftp> ls -l   	Rubin asks for long list.   
200 PORT command successful.   	   
150 Opening ASCII mode data   	  
connection for /bin/ls (0 bytes).   	   
total 106   	   
-rw-rw-r-  1 ftp         53230 Aug  5   	   
14:39 INDEX   	   
drwxrwxr-x 16 102           512 Aug 30   	  
16:14 Samples   	   
-rw-rw-r-  1 ftp         15465 Aug  8   	  
13:41 README   	   
226 Transfer complete.   	   
ftp> mget INDEX README   	Mulitple get of two files.   
200 PORT command successful.   	   
150 Opening ASCII mode data   	   
connection for INDEX (53230 bytes).   	   
226 Transfer complete.   	That's one.   
150 Opening ASCII mode data   	   
connection for README (23968 bytes).   	   
226 Transfer complete   	That's two.   
24377 bytes received in 5.516   	  
seconds (4.316 Kbytes/s)   	   
type binary   	To transfer non text files.   
ftp> cd Samples   	   
250 CWD command successful.   	   
ftp> type binary   	Set to transfer binary file.   
200 Type set to I.   	ftp's reassurance.   
ftp> get jet2.hdf   	   
200 PORT command successful.   	   
150 Opening BINARY mode data   	   
connection for jet2.hdf (121010   	    
bytes).   	   
226 Transfer complete.   	   
121010 bytes received in 109.4   	   
seconds (1.08 Kbytes/s)   	   
ftp> type ASCII   	Set back to ASCII.   
200 Type set to A.   	ftp's reassurance.   
ftp> quit   	Goodbye.   



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