Taking it with you

You are encouraged to take your own work with your for future reference or production. Here are the steps:

collect your files into a tarball for easy handling
email the file[s] to yourself -or- ftp the files up to a server you have access to
once you get back to the house/work pick up your files via email or ftp, depending on what you did on the previous step.
unpack the archive with WinZip (windows) or tar/gz (unix)

Making the tarball

make your tarball: tar -cvf unique-name.tar ~
you will need a unique filename so you don't accidentally overwrite your (or someone else's) files when FTP'ing.
zip your tarball: gzip unique-name.tar

emailing from web-based email

Log into your web-based email and send the file as an attachment; you're on your own with this one.

emailing from the command line

If you're mailing a simple text file (script, etc), you may be able to do it directly from the command line: cat myfile.sh | mail me@myisp.com
or
cat myfile.sh | sendmail -v me@myisp.com

The solaris workstations generally won't send out mail, but emperor will.

ftp

If you have a place to FTP your files:

ftp to the server: ftp your.ftp.machine
login with your user/pass
go to whatever directory you want the files in
turn on binary mode: b
turn on hash mode: hash
upload the file: put unique-name.tar.gz
quit: quit

If you don't have a place to FTP your files:

ftp to the server: ftp emperor.mousetrap.net
login with your assigned student username
you will be in your home dir
turn on binary mode: b
turn on hash mode: hash
upload the file: put unique-name.tar.gz
quit: quit

Do the same from the other end, only do a get instead of put. Pick up your files from mousetrap.net ASAP because the server clears out student home dirs after a week or so.

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