 Note:
If you are going
to be working
from home, you are going to need to
download a File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This will be used to
transfer
files from your PC to your Lonestar Account (and visa versa). These
files can then be moved into your
Helix
account. You can download a File Transfer Protocol for free at this
internet site. Download the 30 day evaluation,
it is free and
although it states that it ceases to function after 30 days, mine has not.
If you are working from a PC at the lab, you will use the FTP
installed there. If you are working on the Sun Stations, you will be
saving directly into your Helix account and will not need the FTP.
Using the FTP:
This is
done the same way from home and on the UTSA PCs.
Click Start (lower left hand corner of the screen), then go to
Programs.
Go to WS_FTP LE, and from the menu choose WS_FTP LE. A
dialog box will appear.
Since we will be transferring files to Lonestar and then moving them to
our Helix Account, type
the
following in the dialog box:
Profile Name: lonestar
Host Name/Address: lonestar.utsa.edu
Host Type: Automatic detect
User ID: First initial plus first seven letters of last name
Password: This is your lonestar password
Account: (leave blank)
Comment: (leave blank)
Click OK
(You will only have to enter this list manually once on the computer that
you will normally be using, as it will always appear as it was left unless
altered. If altered, it can be found on the computer after accessing the
FTP dialog box by choosing the Profile Name (that you entered above) from
the drop
down menu at the Profile Name location.)
A box will appear. The files in the box to the left are files saved in the PC on which you are
currently
working. The files in the box to the right are your lonestar files.
To transfer files:
Highlight (by clicking on it) the
file to
be transferred and then send it to the desired box by clicking on the
arrows. Be sure that ASCII is selected when transferring
from PC to
Lonestar, and that binary is selected when transferring from
Lonestar to
PC.
Once a file is transferred, it
is now located in your Lonestar account. You will need to move it to your
helix account.
Moving Files Between Lonestar and
Helix:
From the Lonestar menu (if
you
are in Helix and need to get to the lonestar menu, just begin to logout
until you get to the main menu), choose
T - Transfer Options, then choose
G - Standard FTP.
System to connect to: helix.
Password: This is your Helix password.
At the ftp> prompt:
To send a file from your Lonestar Account to
your Helix Account, type send <filename> (Do
not type the
"< >"
symbols)
To get a file from your Helix home
directory and put it into your Lonestar Account (from which you can
then transfer it, using the FTP, to the PC on which you are working), type
get
<filename>
(Do not type the "< >" symbols)
Once a file is sent from the Lonestar account to the Helix account, it
is located in your main directory in Helix. If you want to move it to a
subdirectory, you will use the mv command.
For example: mv <filename of file to be moved> <directory name
to move
file into>
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