The screen below show the next level down in the directory structure. Here we have to choose the platform area of the version of Netscape we want to download. In this case we will go to the Mac directory and download the latest copy of the Macintosh version of Netscape. We can now click the button arrow that indicates the direction we want to transfer the file or simply double click the filename. Notice the status area that displays throughout the ftp transfer to indicate the progress rate and the size of the file being transfered.
Fetch also indicates the name of the file and the file transfer mode.
In this case binary. The screens above are typical of an anonymous ftp session. The main difference is that anonymous ftp was created to allow people to transfer files to and from systems that they did not have accounts on. You can use ftp to transfer files t o and from your personal UNIX account on Open Net, but this will require the use of your userid and password. TEXT mode is used to transfer TEXT text files.