Before using a file downloaded using FTP on your computer, you must perform an extra step and transfer the file from Welchlink to your personal computer. Using Netscape Navigator to transfer files Open the URL for the site where the file you want to transfer is located. When you click on ok, Netscape will transfer it to your computer. General Information, Lynx, Netscape Navigator, and Hopkins Web-based Resources. To transfer a file successfully, you must determine the file type.
Text files contain unformatted text.
When this happens, the file loses special characteristics such as special margins and tabs, bolded and italicized characters, links to footnotes, and graphics. Starting the FTP Session Log into Welchlink. Use the ftp command to open an FTP connection to the anonymous FTP host. All FTP commands need to be entered in lowercase. In the example that follows, host.univ.edu is the Internet address of the host.