Csc 125 Online, Csc 125 Traditional, Csc220

Getting WS_FTP LE and PuTTY

 

WS_FTP LE

WS_FTP LE is shareware that is legal to use indefinitely in an educational setting without any payment.  It greatly simplifies file transfer between Windows and Linux computers using FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

you may copy  wsftple.exe  from any Windows computer in the Computer Science and Information Technologies labs.  It is on the Faculty folder as  sbadman\Csc125\wsftple.exe.  The Faculty folder is an Icon on the Windows desktop.  The file is small enough to fit on a standard floppy disk, or you can use a USB flash memory drive to transfer to your home computer.

wsftple.exe  is a standard Windows installation file.  Just run it once and it will install WS_FTP LE on your computer.  The installation is very straightforward.  Just follow the prompts on the screen.

Alternatively, wsftple.exe,  is available on my login:

io.csit.parkland.edu/~sbadman

You may login to your own Linux account, and then type the command:

cp ~sbadman\wsftple.exe  .

Notice the space and then then period at the end.  The period is important.  This command copies the wsftple.exe file to your login directory.

Then, if you know how, you may FTP this file to your Windows computer using Windows command line FTP.  This is somewhat complicated, and we will not cover it in class.  Be sure to FTP using binary mode and not ASCII mode.

PuTTY

PuTTY is freeware that allows a Windows user to easily access the command line login of a Linux computer on the Internet.

You may copy  putty.exe,  from any Windows computer in the Computer Science and Information Technologies labs.  It is also on the Faculty folder as  sbadman\Csc125\putty.exe.  The Faculty folder is an Icon on the Windows desktop.  The file is small enough to fit on a standard floppy disk, or you can use a USB flash memory drive to transfer it to your home computer. 

Installation on your computer is very easy.  Simply copy  putty.exe to any directory you want on your computer, and then put a shortcut to it on your desktop.   putty.exe  is a standalone Windows program that does not need any installation.  It will run directly by double clicking the file name or a shortcut to the file.

More complete instructions can be found at http://www.csit.parkland.edu/~smauney/csc128/login_remotely.html

Alternatively, the standalone Windows executable file, putty.exe,  is available on my login:

io.csit.parkland.edu/~sbadman

You may copy this file to your Linux directory, and then FTP this file to your Windows computer using WS_FTP LE.  Be sure to FTP using binary mode and not ASCII mode.