Anonymous ftp server for DNA/protein databases in Japan (In in English)

[Sanzo Miyazawa]

	An anonymous-ftp server for DNA/protein databases in Japan
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Anonymous ftp for DNA/protein databases is now available at the

	host name: flat.nig.ac.jp	IP address: 133.39.128.2 

in Japan.  Available databases include

	DNA databases:
		GenBank
		EMBL
		DDBJ

	Protein Databases:
		NBRF, PIR
		SwissProt
		GenBank Gene Products

This host is connected to the Internet and therefore can be "ftp"ed from
any site on the Internet in the world but would be useful specifically 
for Internet sites in Japan and other asian countries.


					sanzo.miyazawa at flat.nig.ac.jp


P.S.
		How to use anonymous ftp.

The following is a log file of anonymous ftp.

% ftp flat.nig.ac.jp
Connected to flat.nig.ac.jp.
220 nigs4s FTP server (SunOS 4.0) ready.
Name (flat.nig.ac.jp:smiyazaw): anonymous	# Type "anonymous"
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:					# Type your e-mail address
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> cd pub
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> cd db
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls -l
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (133.39.128.3,1235) (0 bytes).
total 4
-rw-r--r--  1 smiyazaw      640 Nov  1 03:40 README
drwxr-xr-x  3 smiyazaw      176 Nov  1 03:33 ddbj.7
drwxr-xr-x  3 smiyazaw     1088 Nov  1 03:33 embl.23
drwxr-xr-x  3 smiyazaw     1088 Nov  1 03:33 gb.65
drwxr-xr-x  3 smiyazaw      128 Nov  1 04:00 gp.63
drwxr-xr-x  3 smiyazaw      208 Nov  1 03:33 pir.25
drwxr-xr-x  3 smiyazaw      128 Nov  1 03:33 swiss.14
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
remote: -l
436 bytes received in .29 seconds (1.5 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
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