David, Actually, you can browse (navigate around) an FTP site. It has same effect as folder view for FTP sites off on Windows.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:43 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] FTP Maybe the bn should have an ftp client? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lingard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:07 PM Subject: [Braillenote] FTP > Ottawa Canada > > Dear Richard: > > FTP is short for File Transfer Program, a time-tested program for > moving big, bulky, files around on the Internet and BITNET or > USENET or ARPANET before it. > > Arpanet was run by the Advanced Projects Agency of the U.S. > Department of Defence, > USENET was a network consisting of cooperating mostly UNIX > computers both run by private industry, government and > educational and research institutions, > BITNET was a network arranged sort of like the branches of a tree > consisting of computers of many different types, mostly at > educational institutions, but some in government and private > industry, that evolved into the Internet as we know it today. > > In the US, the root of the BITNET Tree was at City University of > New York. In Canada, it was at the University of Guelph, > Ontario. > > FTP will let authorized users download text or binary files and > upload text or binary files, but typically just to a special > directory called incoming unless you have a user-id and password > on the system you are FTP-ing from/to. > > FTP is about as dumb as an ox but can work like one too. > > Hope this explains it. > > Brian > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/433 - Release Date: > 30/08/2006 > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
