How to copy files between UCSC accounts

Description
How to copy a file from a friend's UCSC account.

There are several ways copy a file from a friend's account into your own.

I. Mail it.

Your friend mails the file to you. This works best with text files. The friend logs into a UNIX/Athena server such as unix.ucsc.edu.

% mail yourusername@ucsc.edu < filename

II. Copy from a readable directory

1. Your friend creates, a readable directory for you
   % fs setacl [nameofdirectory] [yourusername] read
2. Your friend copies the file to this directory
   % cp filename nameofdirectory/filename
3. You copy the file to your own directory
   % cp /cats/friendsname/directory/filename filename

III. Downloading from your friends web space

If you don't know how to use unix, you copy the file via your web browser.

1. Your friend copies the file into the public_html of his/her UCSC account
2. Your friend tells you the URL, in the form of http://people.ucsc.edu/~friend_user_name/filename
3. You set your web browser to this URL and copy the file.