FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Answers
How do I get a FTP Directory on SVN?
Login or telnet to your shell account and type makeftp. This will create your FTP directory and a link to it called public_ftp in your home directory. Your FTP documents go into this directory.
You may also e-mail support@svn.net and we will create the directory for you.
Documents placed into this directory will be accessible using the following URL (Uniform Resource Locater):
ftp://ftp.svn.net/pub/users/loginname
-or-
by anonymous FTP to ftp.svn.net in the directory:
/pub/users/loginname
How do I upload files to my FTP Directory?
To upload your pages to SVN you can use an FTP program to transfer the documents from your computer to your FTP directory on SVN.
Connect to ftp.svn.net with your FTP program using your loginnameand password. You need to change into your FTP directory, this is called public_ftp. If this directory cannot be found see above to create this directory.
After changing directories your ftp program should show that you're in the directory /home/ftp/pub/users/loginname or ~loginname/public_ftp. These are the same directory.
Select the files you wish to upload from you computer and PUT or COPY the files into your ftp directory.
Where can people find my FTP Directory?
Your FTP Address URL (Uniform Resource Locater) for your FTP Directory is:
ftp://ftp.svn.net/pub/users/loginname
-or-
by anonymous FTP in the directory: /pub/users/loginname/
How do I display a message to visitors when they enter my FTP Directory?
Create a message file in your FTP directory called .message. When a visitor enters your FTP directory, the server displays the file .message if it exists. You can have a .message file in your main FTP directory as well as in any subdirectories.
You may also create a file called README (all upper case) and the server will tell a visitor that to view the README file and when it was last updated. You may have a README file in your main FTP directory as well as in any subdirectories.
