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Electronic Support Services

Using the File Transfer (FTP) Facility

You can also transfer files between your site and the SAS support facility by directly using a local FTP client program:

Go to the directory or location on the local host to which you want the downloaded files to be stored.
Connect to the SAS Anonymous FTP host by typing this command:
```
ftp ftp.sas.com
```
When prompted for a username, enter ANONYMOUS. When prompted for a password, enter your e-mail address.
Use the FTP program's cd (change directories), ls (list files), and pwd (display the name of the present working directory) commands to navigate to the SAS/C download area that you are interested in. For example, to go to the SAS/C download directory, display the files there, and download the file named xmit by typing these commands:
```
cd /techsup/download/SASC/download
ls
get xmit
```
To download zap z6001555 for Release 6.00 of the SAS/C compiler for the MVS operating system, type these commands:
```
cd /techsup/download/zap/sasc/mvs/600
get z6001555
```

You can also transfer files from your local system to the SAS FTP site. For example, to transfer a file named T1234567_open_dump located in directory outgoing to the upload directory on the SAS FTP host, type this series of commands:

cd outgoing
ftp ftp.sas.com
username: anonymous
password: your_email_address
cd upload
put T1234567_open_dump

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