Downloading files with "Windows Naming Convention"

[Sanjay Verma]

Hi Friends,
I've a file called "Installation Steps.doc" in the unix folder. Note the "space" between the words. What's the quickest way I can donwload or ftp the file on my pc??

[Tim Adamson_1 · Accepted solution]

Use "mget install*"

On PC:
ftp
cd
prompt
bin
mget install*
or
mput install*

depending if you want to get or put the file on the Unix server or PC.

You will get the drift!

Tim

[T G Manikandan]

ftp unix-machine
cd
ftp>mget *.doc
Installation Steps.doc?y

ftp>bye

[Sanjay Verma]

Hi Friends, The problem is I'm unable to open the file on my pc. The following error msg is received - "The document name or path is not valid - Check file permissions or use the file open dialog to locate the document..".

My initial thought was the I'm downloading in a wrong way but now have tried your steps too but it's still giving the same error msg. I've verified and the document is ok on the Unix folder.

[T G Manikandan]

IS the doc on the unix machine.

Then do a ftp to the unix mahcine

cd to the file path.
do a mget *.doc


make sure that the file is downloaded to the PC.
check for the file size.

Else you can use a tool which could be user -friendly like WSFTP.

http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm

[Bill Hassell]

You can try to force ftp to include imbedded spaces by using

get "Installation Steps.doc"

but this requires non-standard filename support on both ends. Imbedded spaces are a very big problem even in Windows (you'll see such filenames enclosed in "..." in dialog boxes. The problem is that ftp thinks you are trying to download a file called Installation and store it on your PC with the new name Steps.doc which is exactly how the get/put commands are parsed. I would recommend using standard filenames (no special characters, especially spaces) for all your files.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

You can use tar.

# tar -cvf doc.tar Installation*.doc

# from your windows pc use ftp as discribed above and use winzip to decompresse.

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Sanjay Verma]

Thanks for all the inputs. Although I'm still trying all the available options and see if that works fine. Will update again when I've managed to resolve this issue .

[Sanjay Verma]

Friends, To me it looks as if it's related with file corruption but has not been able to confirm this since it's on a remote system and I'm trying to get in touch with the app. owner. But really appreciate for all your inputs. All are 100% right. Cheers - Sanjay.