Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Anyone knowledgeable with Command Prompt?

I asked in a previous question how to download firefow in the cmd prompt. no one could or would help me. I got answers like: Download firefox, or it is too complicated.



However, a nice guy named jim emailed this info to me:

Type: ftp 204.152.184.113

User: type: anonymous

Password: Press enter

After successful log in type: cd pub/Mozilla.org/Mozilla/releases/mozilla?br>
Directory successfully changed: Type: binary

ftp type: lcd c:\ (or any folder you wish)

fpt type: get Mozilla-win32-1.8a1-installer.exe

After 200 port command successful wait for it to open file and then it will download in folder specified.



This answer helped a lot and was EASY! I would like to know if there are other sites you can do this and other applications can you download? What else can be done in the command line?Anyone knowledgeable with Command Prompt?
IF you take the trouble to LEARN how to use the DOS (the command prompt) version on your system, you can do almost everything you can do from windows, except that it is done by text rather than the GUI (Graphic user interface).



Most people don't bother anymore since the other is faster and easier (more user friendly). ALSO, the GUI prevents you from making a boo-boo and messing up your system so that it won't run, something DOS does NOT do.



(I still use older DOS machines for some things!!)

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