From: Ivo Welch (iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu)
Date: 02/01/93 

From: iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch)
Subject: Re: SLS As One Tar File
Date: 1 Feb 1993 19:15:13 GMT

Here are the suggestions I received. Thanks to everyone.

[1] Apparently, some intelligent ftp servers (e.g. the one on tsx) are able to
automatically tar directory trees. So, "get SLS.tar" should work. (Don't
forget "binary" to force binary transfer, and be aware that the net may not be
reliable enough to get such a big file [25MB])

[2] first create all subdirectories, and then from top-level do
mget *. Again, this will do a recursive copy.

[3] get the mirror software
        src.doc.ic.ac.uk[146.169.3.7]:/archiving/mirror.shar
and use a mirror of
        ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/Linux/000_LOCAL/sls.tar

[4] use the .netrc file with commands to essentially set up a "batch job." This
only works with newer ftp clients, but older ftp servers.
        tsx.mit.edu login anonymous password myaccount@mic.ucla.edu

        machdef init
        hash
        prompt
        bin
        bell
        cd pub/Linux/SLS
        mget a?
        mget b?
        ...

/ivo welch