Mark Bixby ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : Bieber writes: : > : > I need a primer on FTP'ing files to my 3000. I am trying to download : > the CGI.pm module and can never get the file setup correctly. : Since CGI.pm is coming from a Unix system (and expects to exist in a POSIX : environment), you must use bytestream mode, i.e.: : :ftp.arpa.sys : ftp> open the.site.to.download.from : ftp> bytestream : ftp> get CGI.pm ./CGI.pm : -- You can also put a bytestream file to a 3000 by using the tenex mode. Bytestream is not a supported mode on other systems. The following is an HP-UX example: $ ftp ftp> open hp3k Connected to hp3k. 220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0008006] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990 Name (hp3k:bbennett): bill.bennett 230 User logged on Remote system type is MPE/iX. ftp> tenex 200 Type set to L (byte size 8). ftp> put ./bill 200 PORT command ok. 150 File: ./bill opened; data connection will be opened 226 Transfer complete. 10125 bytes sent in 0.03 seconds (354.84 Kbytes/s) ftp> ls ./bill 200 PORT command ok. 150 File: LISTFILE ./bill,2 opened; data connection will be opened PATH= /BENNETT/PUB/ CODE ------------LOGICAL RECORD----------- ----SPACE---- FILENAME SIZE TYP EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS #X MX 1B BA 10125 16384000 1 48 1 32 bill 226 Transfer complete. ftp> bye 221 Server is closing command connection -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Bennett [log in to unmask] Hewlett Packard Company Commercial Systems Division ---------------------------------------------------------------------------