
These show the type of interaction you may expect when using Many other interface commands are available. Quit to exit the FTP environment (same asīye) rmdir to to remove (delete) a directory in the Pwd to find out the pathname of the current Put to copy one file from the local machine to Mput to copy multiple files from the localĪnswer before transferring each file open to open a connection with another computer open brubeck opens a new FTP connection with brubeck To your current local directory, using the sameįilenames. Remote directory mget to copy multiple files from the remoteĪnswer before transferring each file mget * copies all the files in the current remote directory Remote directory mkdir to make a new directory within the current (same as UNIX cd) ls to list the names of the files in the current

To (or on top of) a file with the same name,įTP commands lcd to change directory on your local machine Get ABC copies file ABC in the current remote directory To (or on top of) a file named DEF in your To the local machine get ABC DEF copies file ABC in the current remote directory Quit) cd to change directory on the remote machine close to terminate a connection with another computer close brubeck closes the current FTP connection with brubeck,īut still leaves you within the FTP environment.ĭelete to delete (remove) a file in the current remoteĭirectory (same as rm in UNIX) get to copy one file from the remote machine Used to transmit files other than ASCII files) bye to exit the FTP environment (same as

Provides less chance of a transmission error and must be The default and transmits seven bits per character) binary to set the mode of file transfer to binaryīinary mode transmits all eight bits per byte and thus ? to request help or information about theįTP commands ascii to set the mode of file transfer to ASCII To write on the remote machine or to delete any files there. However, you are only able to copy the filesįrom the remote machine to your own local machine you are not able Once you have been logged in, you are in the anonymousĭirectory for the remote machine. Keep records of the anonymous FTP requests. Instead of a password, you shouldĮnter your own electronic mail address. When the remote machine asks for your loginname, you should type Using the FTP interface commands given on the following page.Īnonymous FTP At times you may wish to copy files from a remote machine on which youĭo not have a loginname. You should be able to move around in your ownĭirectory and to copy files to and from your local machine
#Go ftp login password
When you enter your own loginname and password for theĪnd permits you access to your own home directory Successfully, FTP responds by asking for a loginname In either case, this command is similar to Where machinennumber is the net address of the remote machine,Į.g., 129.82.45.181.
#Go ftp login full
Where machinename is the full machine name of the remote machine,Į.g., purcell.cs. Getting Started To connect your local machine to the remote machine, type Instead of ftp, when you are using FTP in a terminal window. User to use sftp, the secure version of FTP. The FTP site of the Computer Science department at CSU requires the You can also perform FTP through a browser.įor example, bring up Internet Explorer and type in That is more PC-oriented and does not require full knowledge of Most computers today include a windows-based type FTP program Own machine to determine the comparable commands.

Of commands refers to the common FTP utility program as The following explanations and alphabetical list Some form of an FTP utility program, but the commands Most operating systems and communication programs now include Perform desired actions on the remote machine. Type a number of UNIX-like commands under this interpreter to Is the other one, the one that is the argument of the ftp command.Ī user interface for the standard File Transfer Protocol forĪRPANET, FTP acts as an interpreter on the remote Refers to the machine you are initially logged into, the one on which FTP is a general protocol that works on UNIX systemsĪs well as a variety of other (non-UNIX) systems.įor the purposes of this Web page, the local machine TheseĬomputers may be at the same site or at different sites thousands of Commonly used for copying files to and from other computers.
