File: ftp2.zx.net.nz:/archive/README.ftp Revised: 18 Sep 2004 (David Goodwin) **************************************************************************** The primary method of accessing the archive on ftp.zx.net.nz is via FTP. HTTP access is also available. See README.www for more details on how to make this work. Using: ------ Connect to ftp.zx.net.nz using your local FTP command. Login as user anonymous supplying your email address as the password. Below is an example of a typical anonymous FTP login. If you are using a graphical FTP client then it will look very different: % ftp ftp.zx.net.nz Connected to ftp.zx.net.nz [ message of the day text deleted, but please read it ] 220 randomize-ii FTP server User: anonymous Password: MYNAME@MYMACHINE.MYDOMAIN 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> use the cd command to move between directories; the ls command to list directory contents; and, the get command to retrieve files. Graphical Clients: ------------------ Many graphical clients are available. These range from web browsers such as Mozilla to dedicated FTP clients such as FileZilla. You will find some Windows FTP clients in /pub/Software/Win32/Network/FTP-Client/ Getting Started: ---------------- The public archives reside in the "/pub" directory. Index files are provided in / to help you find what you're looking for; they include: Index-byname index in name order (about 30MB) Index-byname.Z compressed (about 4MB) Index-bytime index in time order, newest first (about 30MB) Index-bytime.Z compressed (about 4MB) These indexes are big, even compressed. The .Z suffix on a file implies compression with the /usr/ucb/compress program. This is part of 4.3BSD, B News, Ultrix, SunOS, and most other versions of UN*X. Under linux you can use gzip to decompress these files. The .z or .gz suffix on a file implies compression with the gzip program. gzip is the prefered compression format of the Free Software Foundation. The .bz2 suffix on a file implies compression with the bzip2 program. **************************************************************************** ftp2.zx.net.nz Archive Administrator ftpadmin@zx.net.nz