Here is the opening screen:
Click on New and assign a new Profile Name. Type the Host Name
or Address for the remote computer.
The host name for the Lehman alpha server: alpha.lehman.cuny.edu
Automatic detect generally works for Host Type.
For anonymous FTP, click into the box in front of Anonymous.
For other FTP, type your User ID, your password, and click into the
box in front of Save Password - but only on your own private computer --
if you do this elsewhere, make sure to delete the profile to keep other
users out of your account.
Now click on the Startup tab, and enter starting directories for both
the remote host and your local computer.
Click on OK.
If you did all of this correctly, you will get connected to the remote
computer and see the following screen:
As you can see, you get a split screen, 2 windows showing where you
are on both your local and remote systems.
The paths which you typed in your Startup window should show.
If they do not, you can navigate to them by scrolling down in each window
and clicking on a drive or folder, or by clicking the green uparrow to
go to a higher directory.
Now, let's say you want to upload the local file best.htm to the remote
system. Single-click the file in the left window to select=highlight
it. Make sure that below, Binary is checked, i.e., has a black dot:
this works for all types of files.
Now click the arrow between the windows that faces right. The
file is copied to the remote system, and, when copying is done, the right
window is refreshed and shows the file.
To get=download a file, say, from your alpha account and copy it to a diskette, select drive A on the left (scroll down), then click on the name of the file you want on the right to select it. Then click on the arrow pointing to the left.
I believe the remaining options are self-explanatory.
When done, be sure to click on Close and then on Exit.
(e.g. lynx ftp:// ftp.netcom.com Location: /pub or see /pub)or, within Lynx, type ftp:// followed by the URL --
Find the file you're looking for. Note: FTP is case sensitive!! Type capitals or lowercase letters as shown.