Newsgroups: bit.listserv.info-gcg
Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:11:13 -0500
Reply-To:     hogan@GCG.COM
              <INFO-GCG@UTORONTO.BITNET>
From:         hogan@GCG.COM
Subject:      changes to ftp utilities for new ftp site
Comments: To: info-gcg@utoronto.bitnet@gcg.com
Comments: cc: BUTLER@gcg.com, SMITH@gcg.com

On October 1, 1992 GenBank moved to the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine.  NCBI will continue to
provide access to both full releases of GenBank and daily updates via anonymous
ftp at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov .

If you have been updating GenBank for use with the GCG Package using the ftp
utilities described in the System Support Manual, you will have to make the
following changes.

For VMS:

Three files need to be modified:

        GenSysCom:Get_GBNew.Com
        GenSysCom:GetFile.Com
        GenSysCom:GetFTP.Com

In Get_GBNew.Com, change the indicated lines:

        ->$ ftpdir = "pub/db/gb-newdata"          ! remote directory
        ->$ ftpfile = "gbseq.all.Z"               ! remote file
          $ outfile = "gbnew_all.Z"               ! local file after transfer
          $ filetype = "binary"                   ! type of file to transfer
        ->$ remhost = "genbank.bio.net"           ! host for ftp transfer

to:

        ->$ ftpdir = "ncbi-genbank/daily"         ! remote directory
        ->$ ftpfile = "gbcu.flat.Z"               ! remote file
          $ outfile = "gbnew_all.Z"               ! local file after transfer
          $ filetype = "binary"                   ! type of file to transfer
        ->$ remhost = "ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"          ! host for ftp transfer


In the file GetFile.Com, change the indicated line:

        $ remotenode = p7
        ->$ default = "genbank.bio.net"

to:

        $ remotenode = p7
        ->$ default = "ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"



In the file GetFTP.Com, change the indicated line

        $ remotenode = p6
        ->$ default = "genbank.bio.net"

to:

        $ remotenode = p6
        ->$ default = "ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"

For UNIX:

Three files need to be modified:

        $GCGCOREROOT/gcgcore/sysscript/get_gbnew
        $GCGCOREROOT/gcgcore/sysscript/getfile
        $GCGCOREROOT/gcgcore/sysscript/genftp

In get_gbnew, change the indicated lines:


        ->set ftpdir = "pub/db/gb-newdata"          # remote directory
        ->set ftpfile = "gbseq.all.Z"               # remote file
          set outfile = "gbnew_all.Z"               # local file after transfer
          set filetype = "binary"                   # type of file to transfer
        ->set remhost = "genbank.bio.net"           # host for ftp transfer

to:

        ->set ftpdir = "ncbi-genbank/daily"         # remote directory
        ->set ftpfile = "gbcu.flat.Z"               # remote file
          set outfile = "gbnew_all.Z"               # local file after transfer
          set filetype = "binary"                   # type of file to transfer
        ->set remhost = "ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"          # host for ftp transfer


In the file getfile, change the indicated line:

          set remotenode = $6
        ->set default = "genbank.bio.net"

to:

          set remotenode = $6
        ->set default = "ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"



In the file genftp, change the indicated line

          set remotenode = $6
        ->set default = "genbank.bio.net"

to:

          set remotenode = $6
        ->set default = "ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"

For more information concerning these utilities please contact GCG at

        Genetics Computer Group
        575 Science Drive, Suite B
        Madison, WI  53711

        (608) 231-5200

        help@gcg.com

For information on the daily update file, please refer to the README file in
the directory ncbi-genbank.  Further information can also be found at

        National Center for Biotechnology Information
        National Library of Medicine, 38A 8N805
        8600 Rockville Pike
        Bethesda, Maryland  20894 USA

        (301) 496-2475

        info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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