Update: Also check out my follow-up post, as promised.

OK, quick post for my classmates.

Open up PuTTY and go to magpie just like you would access your own account. Once you are logged in, type in “cd ../nxs77/public_html/mysql/class2/”. The ‘ls’ command will show you the files in that directory (type in “ls” and hit enter). If you want to copy them all to your public_html directory, type “cp * ~/public_html/”. They are now available in your home directory. If you want to edit them (surely you do, he did part of the assignment for you), type “nano [file you want to edit, without these brackets]“. For example, if I want to edit ‘index.html’ I would type “nano index.html” ‘nano’ is the same thing (essentially) as what Nikhil uses in class (’pico’). So, a few quick hints: CTRL-O saves, CTRL-X exits, there isn’t really anything you can do with the mouse, so you will have to move the cursor around with your up/down keys on your keyboard.

Later, I will post a guide (or a link to a good one if I can find it) on how to edit the files on your computer in something you might be more familiar with (like Notepad).

Feel free to ask questions in the comment form below.

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