Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:48:12 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP tar Message-ID: <199806242348.QAA06048@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jun 1998 09:46:29 EDT." <35910335.CC6AD564@graphnet.com>
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>I am trying to install a port (pine) via FTP. In the Handbook, it says >that if, once logged on and in the proper directory I give > >ftp> get pine.tar > >then it will tar up that directory and get it. However, all that happens >(which I, being the cynic, expected anyway) is > >pine.tar is not a file or a directory Sounds like you are in the wrong directory. You need to be in the parent of the 'pine' directory. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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