From: reeses@fab4box.wa.com (Art Taylor) Subject: Re: Help: FTPing files > maximum filesize Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1993 06:40:49 GMT
In article <1993Jun26.214856.17419@dcc.uchile.cl> tbenavid@huemul.dcc.uchile.cl (Thomas Benavides A) writes:
>Malcolm Ryan (2119737@hydra.maths.unsw.oz.au) wrote:
>>In trying to ftp the files from disk a3, I discovered that the University
>>computer imposes a 300k maximum filesize. One of the files I need to ftp
>>is 500k (compressed). I cannot find a way to download this file, can
>>anyone help me?
>
>uuencode and use split ...
>% man split
>
>SPLIT(1) USER COMMANDS SPLIT(1)
>NAME
> split - split a file into pieces
> ...
Read his post again. He can't even get the 500k _onto_ his machine, let alone
uuencoding it and splitting it.
If he is running Linux, he could run term across to his machine, then use
termftp to snarf the files from the FTP site.
Another way, which may be a way around, is to use an FTP-mail server. This
will do what Thomas suggests above. It will run a batch to connect to the FTP
site, get your files, and uuencode/split/mail the files to you. An example of
an FTP-mail session is as follows:
$mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: Irrelevant
connect sunsite.unc.edu
chdir /pub/Linux/Incoming
uuencode
get feltch.tar.z
quit
.
$
which should do this for you. You will need to save each message as a separate
file(one at a time) then download each file before saving the next. If you do
not have a size restriction on your mail spool, this should work. Once on your
local machine, find an editor capable of handling huge files(ie., greater than
memory), strip the headers and concatenate the files(in correct order), then
run a version of uudecode on the resulting file(versions are available for DOS,
if you need them).
You may also want to ask your administration/consulting staff about temporary
space. You will probably be able to either:
cd to /tmp, then ftp into a subdir under it.
Or use ``chkout'', or something like it, to check out temporary space on a
different directory than your home.
Actually, you may wish to try the /tmp thing first. To make it easier, make a
directory under it, and ftp all your stuff into it. It will make downloading
a lot simpler(sz -b *).
Hell, I'm confusing me(I should have kept it simple...:-)), so try these here,
and if you have problems, mail me at reeses@fab4box.wa.com, and I can help you
more accurately.
Good luck, and sorry for my lack of lucidity. Too many Heinekens at dinner
tonight...:-)
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