FTP
ftp (file transfer protocol) is a utility to moving files from one machine
to another.
ftp <remotehost>
begins an ftp session on remote machine remotehost. You will be prompted for a password. Once in ftp, you can enter the following commands:
- dir <filename>
- lists files in the current directory
- cd <directoryname>
- changes default directory
- get, put <filename>
- copies a file from one machine to the other. (mget, mput, move multiple
file)
- quit
- leaves ftp and returns to local host
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ftp example
<machine> : ftp ames.arc.nasa.gov
Connected to ames.arc.nasa.gov.
Name (ames.arc.nasa.gov:pongitoM): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password: pongitoM@moravian.edu
ftp> dir
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Apr 11 1991 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Apr 8 1991 etc
drwxrwxr-x 20 root wheel 2048 Nov 17 05:34 pub
ftp> cd pub
ftp> cd gif
ftp> dir
-rw-r--r-- 1 108 wheel 1209 Aug 30 1989 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 108 10 149414 Feb 6 1991 best0.gif
drwxr-xr-x 2 108 wheel 512 Feb 6 1991 neptune
-rw-r--r-- 1 108 10 164219 Feb 8 1991shuttle.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 108 10 28691 Feb 6 1991 whole.gif
ftp> get README
226 Transfer complete.
local: README remote: README
1231 bytes received in 0.6 seconds (2 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
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