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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users How do I ftp to an unknown host? Post 36204 by yeheyaansari on Friday 23rd of May 2003 04:46:13 AM
Old 05-23-2003
If you are getting Unknown Host, This either means that
1. Host name that you have provided is Invalid.
2. DNS is not configured.
3. There might be some problem in the network
4. or the Host which you want to access is down.

Try to Ping the host.

And by looking the command that you have provided "ftp. ftp.umass.edu", here there is a problem - ftp followed by dot(.), but this will not give UNKNOWN HOST; indeed it will give "Command not found". So I assume that you are issuing the command correctly.
 

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ftp::geturl(n)							    ftp client							    ftp::geturl(n)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME
ftp::geturl - Uri handler for ftp urls SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.2 package require ftp::geturl ?0.2.1? ::ftp::geturl url _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides a command which wraps around the client side of the ftp protocol provided by package ftp to allow the retrieval of urls using the ftp schema. API
::ftp::geturl url This command can be used by the generic command ::uri::geturl (See package uri) to retrieve the contents of ftp urls. Internally it uses the commands of the package ftp to fulfill the request. The contents of a ftp url are defined as follows: file The contents of the specified file itself. directory A listing of the contents of the directory in key value notation where the file name is the key and its attributes the asso- ciated value. link The attributes of the link, including the path it refers to. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category ftp of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation. SEE ALSO
ftpd, mime, pop3, smtp KEYWORDS
ftp, internet, net, rfc 959 ftp 0.2.1 ftp::geturl(n)
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