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Introduction
Facilitator
User Services
Need Help?
The Help Desk is a service provided to all students, staff, and faculty at Mississippi State
University at no charge. The consultants are here to help you with various computer-
related information or problems. Check the Web site at http://www.its.msstate.edu for
handouts and/or resolutions to common computer problems. If you cannot find an answer
to your question on the Web or you do not have access to the Internet, please call us at
325-0631(7:00a.m. to 7:00 p.m.Monday through Friday).You can also e-mail us at
[email protected] or come by our office at 46 Magruder Street (the blue house
behind Rice Hall) with walk-in hours from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays.
What is FTP?
Why use FTP?
FTP using a
Macintosh.
FTP using
Windows.
Celeste M. Brignac
[email protected]
Download shareware
FTP programs:
www.shareware.com
www.downloads.com
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTP - File Transfer Protocol is a very common method of mov-
ing files between two Internet sites. FTP is a special way to login
to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or send-
ing files. There are many Internet sites that have established pub-
licly accessible repositories of material that can be obtained us-
ing FTP, by logging in using the account name anonymous, thus
these sites are called anonymous ftp servers.
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FTP Using Fetch on a Macintosh
1. Start the program Fetch.
2. At the opening dialog box, enter the following information. Your Host is the domain of the
computer that you are trying to FTP to. If you are going to your RA account, enter
ra.msstate.edu (see figure below). In the next boxes, enter your User ID and password.
Click the OK button.
3. A new connection box will appear and you will see the connection being made.
The Fetch screen will list the files in your account.
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4. To put a file in your account, press the Put File button. The program will then prompt you to
find the file on your computer.
5. To get a file from your account, press the Get File button. The program will then prompt you
to tell it where the file will be saved on your computer.
6. To end the connection, go to the main menu and choose File and Close.
Choose File and Exit to close the program.
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FTP Using WS-FTP
1. Start WS-FTP and you will get a Session Properties box. If you are logging into your RA
account, you want to enter ra.msstate.edu as the address (host name) and then your usual
userid and password to log on.
2. Once you have logged on you will see your Ra account in the right window and your local
computer in the left window. The left window is called the Local System (your computer)
while the right window is the Remote System (in this case your Ra account on the main
frame in Allen Hall).
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3. Locate the file on your computer using the left side of the window.
4. Once the file is located, highlight the file, and press the middle arrow key that is pointing
toward your Ra account on the right side.
5. The file has been transported to your Ra account.
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File Transfer
Protocol (FTP)
Celeste Brignac
User Services
FTP
NFile Transfer Protocol is a very
common method of moving
files between two Internet
sites. FTP is a special way to
login to another Internet site
for the purposes of retrieving
and/or sending files.
FTP
NThere are many Internet sites
that have established publicly
accessible repositories of
material that can be obtained
using FTP, by logging in using
the account name anonymous,
thus these sites are called
anonymous ftp servers.
FTP
NInternet is made up of
thousands of networks
N Millions of computers are on
the Internet
N Many different types of
operating systems (Win 95,
Win 3.1X, MacOS, Unix, etc.)
FTP
NAn important part of
transferring files on the Web
is the ability to recognize file
types. The type of file makes
a difference in how you can
use it.
File Names
NA file name is an identification
for a specified file, which
includes a name and usually an
extension.
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File Names/Extensions
NA file extension is a dot (.) with
a two, three or four letter code
that tells you what kind of
format was used to create the
file. Different file extensions
need different ways to transfer,
display, or play.
File Names/Extensions
N.doc Microsoft Word file
N.jpg Graphics file
N.psd Photoshop file
N.ppt PowerPoint file
N.html HTML document
FTP for Macintosh
NFTP for Macintosh
Fetch
NFetch can be downloaded
from www.shareware.com
FTP with Fetch
NOpening dialog box:
Your Host
User ID and password.
FTP with Fetch
NA new connection box will
appear and you will see the
connection being made. The
Fetch screen will list the files
in your account.
FTP with Fetch
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Mike Rackley, Head
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