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Interactive FTP

Change directory to the location in which you wish to download the EMBOSS source code. In this example we will download the source to /packages/EMBOSS. Then start your ftp client and poit it to ftp.uk.embnet.org.


% ftp ftp.uk.embnet.org
Connected to tantalum.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk.
220 tantalum FTP server ready.
Name (ftp.uk.embnet.org:admmast):
We are using anonymous FTP so type the username anonymous.

Name (ftp.uk.embnet.org:admmast): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
Enter your email address here as the password for user anonymous.

Password:
230-################################################################
230-
230-  Welcome to the UK HGMP Resource Centre anonymous ftp service
230-
230-       Please contact support@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk regarding
230-                any problems with this service
230-
230-################################################################
230-
230-Please read the file README
230-  it was last modified on Wed Aug 13 15:40:25 1997 - 1093 days ago
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>
Move to the EMBOSS directory and list the files. The output has been truncated a little to save space.

ftp> cd /pub/EMBOSS
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 5264
...  1871128 Aug  9 22:25 EMBOSS-1.1.0.tar.gz
...   133557 Aug  9 22:31 MSE-0.0.4.tar.gz
...   571095 Aug  9 22:31 PHYLIP-3.573c.tar.gz
...    81586 Aug  9 22:31 TOPO-0.1.tar.gz
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>
Now download the source files

ftp> get EMBOSS-1.1.0.tar.gz
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for EMBOSS-1.1.0.tar.gz 
(1871128 bytes).
...
ftp>
And repeat for each file. Or use mget *gz to download all the files at once. Exit your ftp session with the command bye.



EMBnet Manager
8/17/2000