Uploading from Unix

It is possible to upload directly from ocelot or weasel. The program to use is
~downeyt/public/webftp/webftp.pl

When you execute the command, you will be asked serveral questions. Alternatively, you can create a .webftp file in the current directory. This file can contain initialization data for the program. Use the -h option to get a list of help information.

~downeyt/public/webftp/webftp.pl -h

USAGE:
    webftp.pl [-a][-b][-h][-i] [file]

This program will upload a file to my programs directory.
The default type is an ASCII transfer. Here are the possible
command line arguments

     -a     Specify an ASCII transfer
     -b     Specify a BINARY transfer
     -i     Ignore the .webftp configuration file
     -h     Display this information
     file   The name of the file to be transferred

The program will also read from a file named .webftp in the
current directory. The file has the format

  field:value

The allowable fields are
    userid
    course
    section
    type
    filename

Example of a .webftp file

userid:jbond007
course:cgs4854
section:01
type:ASCII

Zipping from Unix

You can zip files with the zip command. To create a zip file of the cgs4854 directory, change to the parent directory of cgs4854 and issue the command


     zip -r username cgs4854 -x \*.jar \*.zip \*.war \*.gif \*.jpg access\* error\*