Creation date: 06/22/98
Authored by: Karl Ho

Instructions on Using UNT ftp server

Using WS-FTP (Windows Users)

1. To setup WS_FTP for UNT ftp, refer to the screen shot below:

• Hit the New button below the Profile Name field. This should clear out all the fields so you can enter your new settings.
• In the field that is labeled Profile Name, type in a name that will tell you that this profile is the one that logs into UNT ftp server, i.e. UNT ftp.  For the Host Name type: ftp.unt.edu and the Host Type is Automatic.
• Now for the login name in the Login Field type anonymous or check the Anonymous box.  Type in your email address as the password. In some cases, the software automatically feeds in guest@host.com for your password.  The fields below which ask for directories, you do not have to use them.  Now you are ready to click okay and see the screen where all these settings take effect:

To upload file, select file on the left panel, which is the local host or local drive(s), and on the upper right panel choose incoming and click the right arrow between the two panels.  Note that the incoming directory is invisible (read protect) so you can't see the files there.  Also, once you upload the file, you can't do it again since the same file is already write-protected.  You need to rename the file for another submission.

To download a file, you need to know the name of the file.  Click on the left arrow.  A dialog box will pop up and requests the name of the file being downloaded.  Type in the file name and click okay and the transmission will be done.

For all transmission, users should be aware of the format of the file, i.e. whether it is binary or ASCII.  All the zipped files are binary while the .txt files are in ASCII format.

Using FTP in Command Mode

The following gives the instructions on using the command mode to upload or download files to or from the UNT ftp server.

UPLOADING

1. To upload file to the University of North Texas ftp site, use anonymous ftp
to create an ftp connection.  At the system prompt (on CMS, Unix or
DOS), type:

ftp ftp.unt.edu
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At the Username: prompt, type:

anonymous
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At the Password: prompt, type in your E-mail address (eg. johndoe@unt.edu).

Once you are logged in, you can use some simple commands to obtain
the files you want. You can find a list of these commands at the end
of this message.

2. To upload file, you need to go to a subdirectory called
"incoming". Type

cd incoming

3. Now determine the file type, i.e. ASCII or binary.  For the
former, the command is just ascii. For binary, type bin.

Then you can upload the file. Type:

put filename.extension

Extension is optional.  If you have multiple files to be uploaded,
the command is:

mput file*.*

The use of wildcards * or ? is identical to the practice in DOS.

4. To leave ftp, just type:

quit.

DOWNLOADING

The procedures for downloading is as follows:

1. Log in to the ftp site using anonymous as mentioned above.
2. Change directory to incoming by:

cd incoming

3. Note that the filenames will *not* show.  So you need to get the
filename(s) of the files to be downloaded.  You need to get this
information from the sender.
 

The following list some of the basic commands:

  - help - get help manual
 - cd  - change directory
 - get - download files from host (mainframe) to local system (PC)
 - put - upload files to host (mainframe) from local system (PC)
 - mget - multiple file download
 - mput - multiple file upload
 - bin - change file type to binary
 - ascii - change file type to ascii
 - quit - exit
 

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Last updated: 01/17/07 by Karl Ho.