Try this... # ftp <name-of-ftpsite> ie ftp www.suse.com When connection is established the server will ask you for a user name and a password, if the server accept anonymous logins, enter 'anonymous' as user name and your email address as password. Once inside use the following command : 'ls' shows directory structure 'dir' as 'ls' 'cd' to change directory 'get <file-to-download>' to get the file Once you are connected you can also use ? to see all the possible commands, or use '? <name-command>' for a short explanation about the cmd. When finished type 'bye' to close the connection. Depending on the format of the file you can use gzip, tar etc or unzip etc. ie: # gzip -cd <name-of-file> | tar xf --C /usr/tmp # cd /usr/tmp # ls -a You downloaded and extracted file should be listed ... If you need more help try also the man pages on your system typing 'man -k <name-command> will give you a list of possible man pages. Then use 'man <name-command>' ie: 'man ftp' will give you extended help on the FTP command 'man unzip' on the unzip command used to extract commpressed file in zip format Hope it helps Mr G C Newson wrote:

How does one use the patches, updates and bugfixes section of the suse website. I have no idea about ftp-ing or the likes and I don't know what to do once I have the download.

Could someone please fill me in on these basics.

Thanks, Geoff Newson Using linux since 25 October 98.

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