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Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 11:13:05 CDT
From: "Hunter Goatley, WKU" <goathunter@ALPHA.WKU.EDU>
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: MadGoat FTP client and server
MadGoat Software announces the release of the first version of MadGoat FTP,
an FTP client and server for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP. MadGoat FTP works
with MadGoat's NETLIB TCP/IP library, which means that it works with
virtually every implementation of TCP/IP for VMS.
MadGoat FTP started life as the CMU-Tek FTP client and server. Many thanks
go to John Clement and Henry Miller, who made the CMU FTP much better than
it used to be. The MadGoat version was modified to work with NETLIB and
includes numerous enhancements and bug fixes. The MadGoat version was done
by Darrell Burkhead and Hunter Goatley. It's called V2.0, since an earlier
version supported only UCX.
UCX sites, in particular, should find MadGoat FTP of interest. Some of the
features include:
o The client features a VMS CLI$ interface, with support for normal
UNIX-style commands. For example, SET DEFAULT and CD both change
the remote working directory. Unlike MultiNet's client, which
offers a TOPS-20-style interface and UCX, which gives you either
straight CLI$ or straight UNIX, provides a VMS-style interface
with the case preservation, etc., of a UNIX-style interface.
o The MadGoat FTP client and server support STRU O VMS. When both
a server and a client support STRU VMS, VMS file attributes are
retained when files are transferred.
UCX does *not* support STRU VMS, making MadGoat FTP ideal for UCX
sites connecting to anonymous FTP sites running MultiNet.
o The MadGoat FTP server fully supports ANONYMOUS FTP accounts.
Anonymous accounts can be restricted to certain directories, etc.,
as you expect from an anonymous FTP server. The MadGoat FTP server
is running on ftp.wku.edu, if you'd like to see its output.
o The MadGoat FTP server implements the REIN command, which lets you
log out of an account and log in to another without disconnecting
from the remote server.
MadGoat FTP installs using VMSINSTAL. It is distributed with full
documentation in the form of on-line help, PostScript, ASCII text, and
Bookreader files. The BLISS sources are also distributed with the
software.
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You can get MadGoat FTP via anonymous ftp from ftp.spc.edu; you'll need:
[.MACRO32]UNZIP.EXE or UNZIP.ALPHA_EXE
[.MACRO32.SAVESETS]MGFTP.ZIP
The file [.MACRO32]BRIEF.DESCRIPTION contains a brief listing of all
the packages available under [.MACRO32.SAVESETS].
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To get MadGoat FTP via e-mail, send the following commands in the body of a
mail message to FILESERV@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU:
SEND MGFTP !Comes as 35 180-block files
SEND FILESERV_TOOLS !Needed if you don't have MFTU and UNZIP
Including the command DIR ALL on a separate line will return a brief
listing of all the packages available from FILESERV@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU.
Hunter
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Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@ALPHA.WKU.EDU (or goathunter@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU)