basic question: ftp

That syntax is whats called a URL (uniform resource locator).

I suggest you read up on them.

That mean protocol ftp.

Hostname serverx.

filename file.shar.

File is in top level directory.

If it had been ftp://serverx/fred/file.shar. It would have been in directory fred.

So if you install the program wget, it understands URL syntax and you can just to

wget ftp://serverx/file.shar.

You can download a wget package from sunfreeware.

If you have a graphical console, you could run netscape.

It also understand URL syntax.

Without extra software you would have to use a command line ftp client

ftp serverx

log in with username anonymous, any password, but email address is the convention.

get file.shar

robertcohen at 2007-7-7 3:07:53 >