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FTP Using Fetch for Mac

The Basics

FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol, a method of transferring files. Using an FTP client, you can copy files from a remote server to your local disk, or from your local disk to the server. FTP client software such as WS-FTP (for Windows) or Fetch (for Macs) are shareware programs that are included in the URI FTP Software Archive.   If you have questions or problems using Fetch, please refer to the software documentation or contact Help Desk for assistance.

Pro-FTP Interface

Departmental units at the University of Rhode Island may use the Pro-FTP interface to publish and maintain their Web pages on URI's central Web server.  Using an FTP client, the Pro-FTP interface allows departmental units to connect directly to the Web server and create, delete and rename files and directories on the Web server.

To connect to URI Web server:

Before you can upload, download or change the contents of your www directories, you must establish a connection to URI Web server.

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Here is what you need to do:

  1. Open Fetch

  2. Select New Connection from the File menu to open a connection.

  3. In the Host field, type www.uri.edu

  1. In the User ID field, type your Web account login id.

  2. In the Password field, type your password.

  3. Leave the Directory field blank.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Save the domain names of Web sites that you commonly use as bookmarks by clicking Save Bookmark in the File Menu after you have established a connection. For easier access, a bookmark can be added to the Shortcut list by dragging its icon to the Shortcut window (in the Window menu).
  1. Open a connection to a previously saved site by selecting Open Bookmark File or Open Shortcut from the File menu.

To Transfer Files between Your Mac and the Web server

To transfer folders or multiple files, use the Get and Put commands in the Remote menu. You can also view file contents, or delete or rename files and directories using Remote commands if you have read and write permissions

  1. Once a connection has been established, you will see your department's home directory contents in the connection window.

  2. To download a file from the Web server to your computer, either double click the filename or select the file and click Get File.

  3. To upload a file from your computer to the Web server, select the file and click Put File. An Open File dialog box will appear. Select Open, and a Put File dialog box will appear.

  4. To transfer folders or multiple files, use the Get and Put commands in the Remote menu. You can also view file contents, or delete or rename files and directories using Remote commands if you have read and write permissions on the Web server.

  5. Click on the Text button to transfer files in ascii mode and on the Binary button to transfer files in binary mode. When transferring a Macintosh binary file to the Web server, select Raw Data rather than MacBinary II as the file type in the Put File dialog box.

  6. Fetch can recognize and automatically decode various compressed files, including those with .hex and .sit extensions.

  7. Exit Fetch

Questions?

If you have any questions, please email webmaster@uri.edu.