Change directory to the location in which you wish to download the EMBOSS source code. In this example we will download the source to /packages/EMBOSS. Then start your ftp client and poit it to ftp.uk.embnet.org.
% ftp ftp.uk.embnet.org Connected to tantalum.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk. 220 tantalum FTP server ready. Name (ftp.uk.embnet.org:admmast):We are using anonymous FTP so type the username anonymous.
Name (ftp.uk.embnet.org:admmast): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password:Enter your email address here as the password for user anonymous.
Password: 230-################################################################ 230- 230- Welcome to the UK HGMP Resource Centre anonymous ftp service 230- 230- Please contact support@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk regarding 230- any problems with this service 230- 230-################################################################ 230- 230-Please read the file README 230- it was last modified on Wed Aug 13 15:40:25 1997 - 1093 days ago 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp>Move to the EMBOSS directory and list the files. The output has been truncated a little to save space.
ftp> cd /pub/EMBOSS ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 5264 ... 1871128 Aug 9 22:25 EMBOSS-1.1.0.tar.gz ... 133557 Aug 9 22:31 MSE-0.0.4.tar.gz ... 571095 Aug 9 22:31 PHYLIP-3.573c.tar.gz ... 81586 Aug 9 22:31 TOPO-0.1.tar.gz 226 Transfer complete. ftp>Now download the source files
ftp> get EMBOSS-1.1.0.tar.gz 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for EMBOSS-1.1.0.tar.gz (1871128 bytes). ... ftp>And repeat for each file. Or use mget *gz to download all the files at once. Exit your ftp session with the command bye.