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diff --git a/doc/kioslave/ftp.docbook b/doc/kioslave/ftp.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index eb9e7056c..000000000 --- a/doc/kioslave/ftp.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -<article id="ftp"> -<title>&FTP;</title> -<articleinfo> -<authorgroup> -<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> -<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> -</authorgroup> -</articleinfo> - -<para> -&FTP; is the Internet service used to transfer a data file from the disk of -one computer to the disk of another, regardless of the operating system type. -</para> - -<para> Similar to other Internet applications, &FTP; uses the -client-server approach — a user invokes an &FTP; program on the -computer, instructs it to contact a remote computer, and then requests -the transfer of one or more files. The local &FTP; program becomes a -client that uses <acronym>TCP</acronym> to contact an &FTP; server -program on the remote computer. Each time the user requests a file -transfer, the client and the server programs cooperate to send a copy -of the data across the Internet.</para> - -<para> &FTP; servers which allow <quote>anonymous &FTP;</quote> permit -any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the -<quote>ftp</quote> archives and download files. Some &FTP; servers are -configured to allow users to upload files.</para> - -<para> -&FTP; is commonly used to retrieve information and obtain software stored in -files at &FTP; archive sites throughout the world. -</para> - - -<para> -Source: Paraphrased from <ulink -url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm"> -http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm</ulink> -</para> - -<para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/ftp">ftp</ulink>.</para> - -</article> |