Accessing data files via Anonymous FTP

The CD-ROM System has been moved from LBNL to UC Berkeley. The LBNL Web pages are no longer maintained and are provided temporarily for historical purposes only. Users not needing the historical information should refer to the new CD-ROM home page, at UC Berkeley.

All data files in the University of California CD-ROM Information System are available via anonymous FTP.

data files used by LOOKUP server at www.census.gov; data files used by LOOKUP servers at LBNL; all data files, in database order; all data files, in diskNNN order; NFS locations, in diskNNN order
and click the hypertext link of the particular data file you want.

If you do NOT have a Web browser, first obtain the list of online data files to determine the diskNNN number of the one you want:

	ftp cedrcd.lbl.gov
	user anonymous
	pass johndoe@census.gov	(your own address in this format)
	cd /CEDRCD/data1/merrill/cdrom/install
	get contents.online

Read the file "contents.online" and imitate the following example.
You must enter the cd command as shown. Because the data files are automounted, "cd /CEDRCD/" will not work.

	cd /CEDRCD/disk1
	dir
	binary
	get cif01.dbf
	quit

Please avoid long FTP transfers during daytime hours.

There is a limit of 10 simultaneous FTP processes on cedrcd.lbl.gov. If your FTP request is denied, contact dwmerrill@lbl.gov to see whether there are stale FTP processes that can be killed.

In addition to anonymous FTP access, all data files are publicly exported via Sun's Network File System (NFS). If possible, use NFS instead of anonymous FTP.

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