ftp

Name

ftp - ARPANET file transfer program

Synopsis

ftp [option]

Description

FTP is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer Protocol. The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site.

Frequently used options

-i	Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers.

Frequently used commands

The client host with which ftp is to communicate may be specified on the command line. If this is done, ftp will immediately attempt to establish a connection to an FTP server on that host; otherwise, ftp will enter its command interpreter and await instructions from the user. When ftp is awaiting commands from the user the prompt ``ftp>’’ is provided to the user. The following commands are recognized by ftp:

-cd REMOTE-DIRECTORY

Change the working directory on the remote machine to REMOTE-DIRECTORY.

-delete REMOTE-FILE

Delete the file REMOTE-FILE on the remote machine.

-get REMOTE-FILE [LOCAL-FILE]

Retrieve the file remote-file and store it on the local machine.

-glob	Toggle filename expansion for mdelete, mget, and mput.
-hash	Toggle hash-sign (``#’‘) printing for each data block transferred. The size of a data block is 1024 bytes.

-ls [REMOTE-DIRECTORY] [LOCAL-FILE]

Print a listing of the contents of a directory on the remote machine.

-mdelete [REMOTE-FILES]

Delete REMOTE-FILES on the remote machine.

-mget REMOTE-FILES

Expand the REMOTE-FILES on the remote machine and do a get for each file name thus produced.

-mput LOCAL-FILES

Expand the REMOTE-FILES on the remote machine and do a get for each file name thus produced.

-passive	Toggle passive data transfer mode off.
-prompt	Toggle interactive prompting.

-put LOCAL-FILE [REMOTE-FILE]

Store a local file on the remote machine.

-pwd	Print the name of the current working directory on the remote machine.
-quit	A synonym for bye.