Hi Graham,
 
I think we (Leica users) are 'stuck with having to go via FTP out of
NCSATelnet'. We also tried Fetch and failed. The Leica people could not
help us.
So, there we are and use telnet.
 
Erich
 
>On Thursday 7th Nov Paul Goodwin wrote:
>
>>Are you pushing the files from the Leica or pulling them from the Mac. If
>>you are pulling them from the Mac, you can use Fetch instead of telnet
>>which will allow you to select whole directory structures for transfer. It
>>still has to do the ftp part (if you are using 7.5, be sure to get the
>>latest Open Transport update), but at least you can set it up when you go
>>home at night and have it all done without babysitting it.
>>
>>Ciao
>>_
>>
>>Paul Goodwin
>>Image Analysis Lab
>>FHCRC, Seattle, WA
>
>I apologise for perpetuating this and appreciate all the responses, but the
>level of frustration down here is high!! We'd like to know if this
>arrangement with Fetch can bring files (and/or directories) DIRECTLY from
>the Leica VME OS/9 machine, and an associated optical drive (Fujitsu in
>this case). Using the suggested configuration above still leaves us with a
>frustrating view of the remote (i.e. OS/9) files and a    'can't open file
>0.0:000:216'    error message if we attempt to bring them across to the Mac
>(any Mac in fact)!! It doesn't matter whether we choose 'Auto' or 'Binary'
>as the end result is the same. Incidently we've spoken to a couple of other
>users of Leica TCS systems and they report the same problems arising where
>they need to transfer between the OS/9 machine and Macs, they've basically
>given up trying to get it to work. Are we missing something fundamental
>here or are we just stuck with having to go via FTP out of NCSATelnet to do
>the job?
>
>Thanks once again
>
>
>
>
>Graham Johnson
>Biomaterials Group
>CSIRO, Div. of Biomolecular Engineering,
>North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
>ph: 61-2-9886 4851
>fax: 61-2-9886 4805
 
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