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www/prep FTP
From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/prep FTP |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:19:44 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 07/03/20 22:19:44
Modified files:
prep : FTP
Log message:
no need for quotes
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/FTP?cvsroot=www&r1=1.54&r2=1.55
Patches:
Index: FTP
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/FTP,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -b -r1.54 -r1.55
--- FTP 20 Mar 2007 16:18:21 -0000 1.54
+++ FTP 20 Mar 2007 22:19:40 -0000 1.55
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-*- text -*-
-How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 2007-03-04
+How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 2007-03-20
Please send improvements to this file to address@hidden
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
Use the ftp program on your system (ask locally if you can't find it)
to connect to the host you are ftping from. Unless indicated
-otherwise, login in as user "anonymous", with password: "your e-mail
-address" and set "binary" mode (to transfer all eight bits in each
-byte).
+otherwise, login in as user anonymous, with any password,
+and set binary mode.
ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES!
Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files.
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
your location. Some mirrors also provide a copy of the rest of
ftp.gnu.org; try the parent directory if you're interested.
-In most cases, the tar or diff files are compressed with the `gzip'
+In most cases, the tar or diff files are compressed with the gzip
program; this is indicated with the .gz suffix. Binaries for gzip can
be downloaded from http://www.gzip.org.
@@ -139,8 +138,7 @@
manuals.
TeX is freely redistributable. You can get it by FTP or on CD-ROM or
-other media. For FTP instructions, see
-ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp.
+other media. For FTP instructions, see ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp.
A minimal TeX collection (enough to process Texinfo files) is included
on the GNU Source CD-ROM. See http://www.gnu.org/order/sourcecode.html.