Manual Pages for FTP Tools man ftp
Also see sftp for secure transfers.
20130502

Memory Joggers.


Conventions:
Substitute your data for the italics.
Brackets and bar are choices.

Tools:
ftp [ip number / machine name] <enter>
File Transfer Protocol.

open          :starts a connection at the >ftp prompt

?
ls
cd
pwd

bin           :Binary and Ascii data and text.
asc           :Binary and Ascii data and text.

get
put

prompt         :Execute as a separate command   >prompt   It toggles.
mget             :Needs prompt. Otherwise it will sit and wait for each file.
mput             :Needs prompt. Otherwise it will sit and wait for each file.
rm
rmdir

!         :Executes commands on local machine >!dir [enter]
lcd     :Changes directories on the local machine .
quit

ing [ip number / machine name] <enter>
Touches a location and reports back with info.
Some servers have ping turned off.
If you can ping the number but not the name, there's a DNS problem somewhere.
Make sure you can reach your own DNS.


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