[ILUG] ftp

[Mernagh_Will at emc.com]

When I ftp from my unix to my NT it says connection refused
SO that is my problem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kevin Dobey [SMTP:kevin.dobey at trintech.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:34 PM
> To:	'Mernagh_Will at emc.com'
> Cc:	'ilug at linux.ie'
> Subject:	RE: [ILUG] ftp
> 
> Hi Will ...
> 
> You can get NT help on ftp by going to start then clicking help and in the
> index tab type ftp.  Here you'll get ALL the help you need on NT's ftp
> utility. Also note that in all the basic ways NT ftp is the same as other
> ftp utilities. 
> 
> Using less words then other mails on this tread the following should get
> you
> sorted out .....
> Get a NT command prompt. 
> type "ftp dgux"
> You'll get an "ftp>" prompt. 
> type "cd mydir"
> if the file is binary (i.e. NOT ascii text) then type "bin". 
> type "put myfile"
> type "bye"
> 
> That should get you sorted out - please note for the future that this is a
> Linux mailing list with quite a lot of people (busy people) on it and
> although they are always very willing to help with matters Linux related
> of
> topic posts like this sometimes cause upset, particularly something that a
> quick search on man pages or on the web would resolve. 
> 
> Just to make this Linux related you should note that the commands above
> also
> work on Linux.  
> 
> Yours politely....
> Kevin D. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John P. Looney [mailto:jplooney-ilug at online.ie]
> > Sent: 16 May 2000 14:13
> > To: Irish LUG list
> > Subject: Re: [ILUG] ftp
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:51:29PM +0100, Noel Carroll mentioned:
> > > Is this be rude to newbies day or what?   Kate, you do have 
> > a very good
> > > point but, if newbies geta sharp answer like that they 
> > might just give up on
> > > the whole lark.  Remember that the average Windoze user is 
> > shielded from the
> > > command line version of FTP in a lot of cases.   I think 
> > that, from that
> > > guys posts earlier, that he is very much a 'I just 
> > installed Linux for the
> > > first time' newbie so hows about cutting people like that 
> > some slack?   Sure
> > > if they persist with daft questions after 3 months then 
> > tell 'em where to
> > > go.   
> > 
> >  Give up what ? FTPing from his NT machine to his digital 
> > unix machine ?
> > It had nothing to do with Linux. Hence the sharpishness.
> > 
> > Kate
> > 
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> > the merest hint is sufficient"                -- Zen Master Greg
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