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NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library     Depositing: Step 3

Step 3: Send Files via Anonymous FTP

For those familiar with anonymous FTP transfer, observe the following:

• our server is adil.ncsa.uiuc.edu
• change into the directory set up for you (under deposit) and whose name was returned to in your depositing instructions.
• use binary transfer mode.
• use the put command to send us the following:
  • each FITS file
  • any supplementary data files

You are now ready to go on to the Next Step: Sending Us Email.

• connect to our server, adil.ncsa.uiuc.edu (usually done by typing "ftp adil.ncsa.uiuc.edu").

• give anonymous as the username and your email address as the password.

• change into the imagelib/deposit/NAME directory, where is NAME is the directory returned to you in your depositing instructions (type "cd imagelib/deposit/NAME").

NOTE: For security purposes, your deposit directory is write-only, so "ls" will not show any directories you create here.

• Set for binary mode transfer (type "binary").
• Use "put" to transfer each file (type "put filename").

If after trying to put a file you get a message like,

filename: Permission denied. (Overwrite)

there is already a file with that filename. You can either choose another name for your file, or type "sunique"; the latter append a version number (e.g. ".1") to your file name so that it is unique.
• Exit ftp (type "bye") after all files have be transfered.

A typical session might look something like this:

ftp adil.ncsa.uiuc.edu
220 atlas FTP server ready.
Name (atlas.ncsa.uiuc.edu:yourname): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: your_email_address
ftp> cd imagelib/deposit/MyName
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp> put FITSfile1
...
ftp> put FITSfile2
...
ftp> bye

Re-uploading Files

• one forgot to use binary transfer mode
• the wrong file or wrong version of a file was uploaded
• one suspects that a transfer was incomplete or corrupted.

To re-upload a file, you should give the updated file a new name. For example, in your FTP session, you can type "put file1.fits file1_new.fits".

If you feel you need to re-upload the whole deposit, you may want to create a whole new directory. You can do this one of two ways:

1. Resubmit your Deposit Form. This will create a new directory for you and return its name to you in a new set of instructions. Proceed normally with the uploading using the new directory.

   Or,

2. Create a new directory by hand from within the ftp session. Assuming you are in your original deposit directory on our FTP server, type the following:

   cd ..                 you are now in the imagelib/deposit directory
   mkdir MyName_new      create a new directory
   cd MyName_new         change into that directory
   binary                Be sure to use binary transfer mode!
   

   Then upload your files using the put command. When you send us email, please be sure to tell us both the name of the new directory as well as the name of the directory originally set up for you.

Error Message: Permission Denied

filename: Permission denied. (Overwrite)

Most users encounter this error while trying to upload the same file more than once. For more details about how to re-upload files, see the above section, Re-uploading Files

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