FTP (File Transfer Program) has been implemented on both the UNIX and NT workstations as a command-line program. (There are also other 3rd party software implementations that use graphical interfaces and are much easier to use but are not supported by NCSU.) FTP is started at either the UNIX of NT command prompt. For most functions there is no difference between NT and UNIX implementations
At the command prompt, type:
unity% ftp myftphost.com
or
C:\>ftp whereever.im.ftping.to

Once you've told the FTP program where to connect you will be prompted for your user id and password. If you are connecting to ftp.eos.ncsu.edu then this is your UNITY password and id. If you are connecting to a foreign system DO NOT use your UNITY id and password as the other system may put that information in its system log, creating a record of that info accessible to others. If you do not have an account on a system you are connecting to, there is a default account you may be able to use named anonymous. Use anonymous as your username and your email address as your password. The anonymous account is not always set up so do not be surprised if you are denied login.
If you are connecting to you UNITY account through ftp then you connect to your account by ftp'ing to the host ftp.eos.ncsu.edu. After entering your UNITY id and password you will be connected to your home directory.
Now that you've connected to your home directory you have to bear in mind that you have to keep track of 2 different directory structures:

The directory you are in on the remote host

The directory you are in on your local computer

The directory you are in on the remote host defaults to your home directory. You can change this directory using the cd command, just like at a regular command prompt. For instance, you've just logged in to ftp.eos and you want to get a file out a a subdirectory of your home directory named MyDirectory. You would

ftp> cd MyDirectory/

to access the contents of MyDirectory..
The directory you are in on the local host defaults to the directory you were in when you started the FTP program. You can change this directory using the lcd (as in local change directory) command. For NT/DOS users, if you want to change drive partitions, ( i.e. from C: to D:) simply type

ftp> lcd d:\ (changes to the D: drive -- make sure that the backslash is facing the correct direction as shown)

and then change directory using the lcd command as you normally would.
Now that you've established that you are in the right directories on both the local and remote systems you are now ready to start transferring files. FTP has 2 different transfer modes for different file types. If you are transferring text files you will use ascii transfer mode. At the ftp command prompt type:

ftp> ascii

If you are transferring executable program files you will need to be in binary mode. At the ftp command prompt type:

ftp> binary

If you transfer an executable file in ascii mode it will be unusable and you will need to re-transfer it in binary mode.
To move files from one computer to another you use 2 pairs of commands: get and mget, put and mput. The get commands move files from the remote computer and download them to the local computer. The put commands upload files from the local computer to the remote computer.

Word Perfect

1. When I try to Print from word perfect:

A.I get the following error message:

1st File in use and 2nd Invalid printer port.

There is no clear answere to this problem. The best course of action is to save your work and exit and restart WP. Try printing and it should come back on line.

2. Why do I lose files in between login sessions with WP?

This problem pops up when you don't close the word perfect file before you log out. It may also occur if your computer crashes while you are working on a file. Be sure to save and close before logging out.

3. When I try to define colums WP crashes, Why?

This problem usually pops up on alphas. We don't know why, but a way around this is to go to the layout menue and pick view ruler. There will be an icon for the number of columns. You can choose the number you want there.

4. When I try to save a file I get the error " Bad Open File "

This is a quota problem. If you try to save a file to a directory that is out of quota, this error will result. The solution is to either free up more quota, or get more quota. It may also be possible to save to another directoty. To check the quota in the directory you are in, try:

    bae% quota .

Note the ".". This tells quota to check the dir you are in, not your home dir, which quota checks by default. You can also specify the full path name:

 bae% quota /afs/eos/services/bae/research/dir/example/

5. When I try to launch WP51, I get the message "Can't connect to license daemon; check daemon on host--eos15a.eos.ncsu.edu."

This is a file server problem, more accurately, a license server problem. Unfortunaetly, there isnt much we can do about this except tell someone and wait for it to be come back up. In cases like this either contact software@eos.ncsu.edu or bae-help@eos.ncsu.edu.

6. I tried to print from WP and I get this message;

Error: Spool command:lpr /tmp/_pp_0000004718a_1.

What do I do now?

Keep trying and if it continues to foul up, save and restart WP. There is no clear answere as to why this occurs. When WP is restarted, the problem should go away.

7.I couldnt find an answer here, where else can I look for information?

There are several places to find more general answera about Wordperfect both here on the NC State system and for WP in general. Some local resources include:

Eos/Unity WordPerfect Tutorial

Eos/Unity WordPerfect Users Guide

NOTE: Both of the above resouces are targeted towards WP6.0, but may be helpful for general questions.

A more general Eos/Unity help database

Also some other resources on the Web include:

Corel Knowledge Base

Corel WordPerfect for Unix Support Docs

Z-MAIL

1. Is it possible to set up a "outbox" thats saves all my outgoing mail?

Heres two descriptions of how to do this:

from Tim Snyder:

Under the "Options" menu, go to "Variables". Select "record" from the list on the left of that window. Then click on "Set" and enter a folder name prefixed with a + sign in the Filename box.So if you want to use the folder outbox, enter +outbox in the Filename box. Then click "Apply" and "Save" to make it permanent.

from John E. Parsons <parsons@eos.ncsu.edu>

You can also use the variable

record

record:

Set to the name of a file to record all outgoing mail. The pathname may begin

with `+' (indicating the user's ~/Mail directory or the value of the folder

variable) or with a `~' indicating the user's home directory (the value of the

home variable).

Select this from

Options, Variables

Enter

+out

and enable The Set Button.

This will record all outgoing mail in the Folder out.

The advantage of this is that the message does not go

through the post office machines.

2. How do I add an a .signature to use in Zmail?

Adding and/or editing a signature in Zmail is very easy. Just go to "Options" and then "Signature". This should pop up a small text editor where you can create or edit your .signature file.

3. When I opened Zmail, all my mail had disapperared. What happened?

If you know you should have mail (old or new) yet none appears when Zmail is opens, then you probably have a full /tmp dir. Since Zmail needs to be able to write stuff to the /tmp dir, if it cant, then you want be able to read your mail.

The easiest solution is to save all your open files, logout, and reboot the machine. This is the easiest way to clear out the /tmp dir. I repeat, save all your open files first.

Now when you reboot, if you still cant see any mail, you may have a corrupt index file in your inbox. The easiest way to get rid of this is to start elm(a text based mail reader):

 bae% elm

And look for any new messages. One of these messages will be the corrupt index file. It can be difficult to tell which file this is. If you read the messages and one looks like some sort of cryptic summary of you old mail, then that is probably the one you need to delete. If you arent sure, feel free to check with bae-help. To delete the message in elm, highlight it ad press "d". Then press "q" to exit and answer yes to "Delte Messages?".

You should then be able to start Zmail up and read your mail.

Misc

1. How do I creat an access list for my lockerspace?

You need to create a PTS group which will allow you to add or remove any amount of users you wish. Below are some of the commands to do this.

  bae% pts creategroup loginID:lockername

  There are several operations that can be used with your PTS group

  adduser add a user to a group

  apropos search by help text

  chown change ownership of a group

  creategroup create a new group

  createuser create a new user

  delete delete a user or group from database

  examine examine an entry

  help get help on commands

  listmax list max id

  listowned list groups owned by an entry or zero id gets orph aned groups

  membership list membership of a user or group

  removeuser remove a user from a group

  rename rename user or group

  setfields set fields for an entry

  setmax set max id

To get the correct syntax

Soft PC

1. How do I get Soft PC to print?

In order to get Soft PC to print, you need to print a file from the program you are running in Soft PC as you normally would, and then press the third(right) mouse button to bring up a pop-up menu.

Select the "Flush ports" option. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to flush the lpt ports. Click ok and the file should be sent to the printer.

2. When I try to open Soft PC, I get the error 'Attempted usage exceeds active license units'.

Usually an error of this type results from trying to run more than one copy of Soft PC at a time. If you get this error and you are only trying to run one copy of Soft PC, then there is proabably a copy of Soft PC running in the background that didnt exit properly. You need to kill this older process in order to be able to start a new copy of Soft PC. To find out if you have a copy of Soft PC running, try this command:

bae% ps -aux | grep softpc

This should show any copies of Soft PC running( it will also show a grep softpc, the command you just issued, this can be ignored). The output should look something like this:

userid 9642 6.7 28.5 7888 5336 p3 S 0:11 /afs/eos.ncsu.edu/dist/softpc

userid 9633 0.0 1.0 368 168 p3 I 0:00 csh -f -e /ncsu/softpc/bin/so

uerid 9668 0.0 0.3 56 48 p3 S 0:00 grep softpc

In this example you need to kill the process in the first line. To do this, issue this command:

bae% kill 9642

or, in a more general case

bae% kill proccessnumber

where proccesnumber is the first number from the left, in this case 9642.

Once the old copy of Soft PC has been killed, you should be able to start a new copy normally.

Zephyrs

1. How do I restart zepyhrs if I accidently kill them?

To restart zephyrs after they have died, by closing the zephyr window instead of clicking for example, try this:

bae% /usr/athena/etc/zwgc

Last Update: February 10, 2004