Working offsite can be accomplished, with some consideration for changes in workflow, access and "Comfort Zones." Here are some guidelines and assistance for those working offsite, and still collaborating with WDI personnel.

Accessing WDI Computer Resources

 

FTP Clients

Windows

• WSFTP
• FileZilla
• Command line FTP (see Appendix 2)
  

MacOSX

• Interarchy
• Fetch
• FileZilla
• CuteFTP
• Command-K -- In the Finder, hit Command-K and enter "ftp://UNIQUNAME@allfiles.bus.umich.edu/Departments/Davidson/"

Command Line FTP

(This is a desperation move, but it can work if you substitute your folder names and files names. Be SURE to enclose long names in quotes)

In Windows... Start, Run, CMD, Ok

C:\>ftp
ftp>open allfiles.bus.umich.edu
User (allfiles.bus.umich.edu:(none)): [your UniqName]
Password: (enter it, but it won't show what you type)
ftp>cd Departments
ftp>cd Davidson
ftp>cd "development consulting services"
ftp>cd USAID
ftp>cd "field LWA"
ftp>dir (scroll to find the name of the next folder)
ftp>cd "esaf wbg"
ftp>lcd \ (sets your computer's download directory to the root)
ftp>BINARY
ftp>get "sub budget 4Sept08.xls"
Transfer Complete

The file is now C:\sub budget 4Sept08.xls. You can find it in MyComputer!

 

 

Note: FTP is FTP. It is independent of the user's platform. Windows, Mac, Unix all see it the same. This will work no matter how you run the FTP command.