Very Computer

Quote:>I've got a client with an SCO Openserver 5.0.4. They have a dial-in modem
>that I use for a connection. I need to be able to transfer files back and
>forth on demand and I need to setup an automated download from SCO to a
>Win98 box. The SCO box has ftp loaded on it now. Does anybody know of any
>windows software that'll let me download files from the SCO box using the
>native tools or am I going to be forced to load something like Kermit on the
>SCO box?

You already have one on your Windoze 98 box called "ftp".
1. Open an MSDOS window.
2. Run:
        ftp ip-address-of-SCO-box
You should get a login prompt.  Login and password follows.
3. Type:
        binary
This is insures that brain dead Windoze doesn't default to converting
everything to ascii text.
4. Copy files from Unix -> Windoze with:
        cd /where/you/hide/your/files     (directory on Unix box)
        !cd c:\windows\temp               (directory on W98 box)
        prompt                            (don't ask about every file)
        mget *.dbf                        (download all the *.dbf files)
5. To copy from Windoze to Unix, just use:
        mput whatever
instead of mget.

The big mistake is usually copying in the wrong direction.  There's no
2nd chance or "are you sure?" prompt.  Therefore, I suggest you practice
a bit before you proceed to "learn by destroying(tm)".

If this is too crude, there is WsFTP, PcCute, kermit, and such that will
also do network file transfers.  If this is going to be a regular habit,
perhaps installing VisionFS or SAMBA on the Unix box will make life
easier.  It will make Unix directories show up in Network Neighborhood as
shares.  Copying can be done with *ANY* windoze or DOS copy program.

Quote:>Email a copy of your response please. I don't get by this newsgroup very
>often. THANKS.

Well, this time only...

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I've got a client with an SCO Openserver 5.0.4. They have a dial-in modem
that I use for a connection. I need to be able to transfer files back and
forth on demand and I need to setup an automated download from SCO to a
Win98 box. The SCO box has ftp loaded on it now. Does anybody know of any
windows software that'll let me download files from the SCO box using the
native tools or am I going to be forced to load something like Kermit on the
SCO box?

Email a copy of your response please. I don't get by this newsgroup very
often. THANKS.

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Rick Ryan - Computer Consultant
http://www.datrixnet.com

and..

          hash                              ( so you know your
connection is still working)

Quote:>         mget *.dbf                        (download all the *.dbf files)

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