ftp site

Help! Everytime I get a file from didnt.doit.wisc.edu the zip has errors. Anyone have any possible answers? Thanks. Bob

set the transfer mode to binary

Quoted text (26 lines)

>>Help! Everytime I get a file from didnt.doit.wisc.edu the zip has >>errors. Anyone have any possible answers? Thanks. >>Bob >Hello Bob, >I think this is your solution: >230 Anonymous user logged in as Guest. >ftp> cd pub >250 CWD command successful. >ftp> cd Racing >250 CWD command successful. >ftp> bin >200 Type set to I. >you have to switch to binary mode, otherwise the file >is transmitted in 'ASCII mode data connection ...'. > Norbert >--- >-------------------------------------- >Norbert Engst >Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg >--------------------------------------

I get permission denied when I try to get files?!?!?! Abe. -- Abe.

Quoted text (30 lines)

>>>Help! Everytime I get a file from didnt.doit.wisc.edu the zip has >>>errors. Anyone have any possible answers? Thanks. >>>Bob >>Hello Bob, >>I think this is your solution: >>230 Anonymous user logged in as Guest. >>ftp> cd pub >>250 CWD command successful. >>ftp> cd Racing >>250 CWD command successful. >>ftp> bin >>200 Type set to I. >>you have to switch to binary mode, otherwise the file >>is transmitted in 'ASCII mode data connection ...'. >> Norbert >>--- >>-------------------------------------- >>Norbert Engst >>Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg >>-------------------------------------- > I get permission denied when I try to get files?!?!?! >Abe.

Dunno what you are doing wrong, but if you take a look at this transcript, you will not only see that one can log in ad get files, but that several thousand files have been transfered since 11/14/94 when i started counting connections. WIRCS3::PBURKE> ftp didnt.doit.wisc.edu vms3.macc.wisc.edu Wollongong FTP User Process (Version 5.2-07) Trying 144.92.30.243 ... Connection Opened Using 8-bit bytes 220 Peter's Macintosh FTP daemon v2.3.0 (Unregistered) awaits your command. Name (didnt.doit.wisc.edu:pburke): ftp Password: 230-Welcome to the Archives on Peter's Macintosh. If you have questions or problems, email to Racing files Mirror Site: brains.cc.rl.ac.uk or you can gopher to the same site on port 70 F1GP is the World Circuit Formula 1 Grand Prix archive (PC version) ICR is the Indy Car Racing archive. NASCAR is the archive for Papyrus' NASCAR racing Sorry, no files or info for any other simulators. 230 Anonymous login to 1 volumes. Access restrictions apply. "/PublicFiles/Rac ing". *quote site v 200 Connections: 4164. Files: 9099. Dirs: 16183. 464.6M. Since 19941110. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ !!! *cd ICR 250-ICRFAQ1.4 - this text file answers the most common questions about the Indy Car Racing Simulation. IICC - This subdirectory contains information about the Internet Indycar Challenge - a "virtual" racing series for Indycar Racing updates: this directory contains lots of add-ons and major updates to the game. Replays: this folder contains some fast laps... MISC - lots of setups, some real Indycar info, ESPN schedule, driver performance charts... 250 "/PublicFiles/Racing/ICR" cd successful. *dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 ASCII transfer started. -------r-- 0 459 459 Nov 10 10:41 !Folder Info -------r-- 0 227 227 Nov 10 11:05 !Gopher Links drwxrwxr-x folder 3 Nov 29 13:20 Editors -------r-- 0 7186 7186 Nov 2 14:00 ICRFAQ1.4 drwxrwxr-x folder 3 Dec 20 12:57 ICRS drwxrwxr-x folder 14 Jan 27 10:47 IICC drwxrwxr-x folder 10 Jan 27 14:48 Misc drwxrwxr-x folder 1 Jan 17 17:09 Quicktime2.0_movies drwxrwxr-x folder 7 Jan 23 11:52 Replays drwxrwxr-x folder 13 Dec 20 12:58 updates 226 Transfer complete. *cd MISC 250- DMPSTG.ZIP - this is a utility that can quickly dump the ICR settings data into a text file. Really nice for emailing settings to team mates. IndyCar94_Entry_List - this is a list of the teams and drivers of the '94 Indycar season ICRSETUP.ZIP is a collection of fast setups for all tracks ICRTIMES.TXT is a list of fast times reported by players ESPN94.txt is a file listing all the relevant broadcast dates of '94 races 250 "/PublicFiles/Racing/ICR/Misc" cd successful. *dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 ASCII transfer started. -------r-- 0 456 456 Jun 17 10:50 !Folder Info -------r-- 0 17758 17758 Feb 26 1994 DMPSTG.ZIP -------r-- 0 7517 7517 Jan 27 14:48 Fastlaps_012795 -------r-- 0 3553 3553 Nov 23 16:39 Fastlap_instructions -------r-- 0 124224 124224 Sep 9 07:25 fuel_icr.zip -------r-- 0 14284 14284 May 18 16:48 ICP12.txt -------r-- 0 87407 87407 May 25 20:33 icr-excl.zip -------r-- 336 2546 2882 Jun 29 10:44 ICRScanner.txt -------r-- 0 1976 1976 Mar 20 1994 ICRSETUP.ZIP -------r-- 336 1379 1715 Feb 15 1994 ICRTIMES.TXT 226 Transfer complete. *bin 200 Type set to I, binary transfer mode [macbinary disabled]. *get fuel*.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Binary transfer started (122k). 226 Transfer complete. Local: [MACCMICRO.PBURKE]FUEL$5J.ZIP; Remote: fuel*.zip 124224 bytes transfered in 1.72 seconds (70.53 Kbytes/second) *bye 221 Nice chatting with you. WIRCS3::PBURKE> So, what's wrong with your end???