FTP notes

Open a dos window and type the following commands

C:\ftp ftp>open target.url User:myusername Password:mypassword User username logged in. ftp>command
Useful commands (depending on your server TCP/IP ftp software)
ftp>? - list available commands (i.e. help) ftp>help - list available commands (i.e. ?) ftp>bye - close the ftp connectin ftp>open - establish a connection (unix) ftp>login - establish a connection (mainframe) ftp>set - set various parameters type - specify character encoding ascii - usual default binary ebcdic image local_default mydirectory - set the default directory on the originating computer ftp>cd newdirectory - change directory on the remote computer ftp>put filename - transfer a copy of filename to the remote computer ftp>mput filename1 filname2 - put multiple files ftp>get filename - transfer a copy of filename to the originating computer ftp>mget filename1 filename2 - get multiple files ftp>delete filename - remove a file from the remote computer ftp>mdelete filename1 filename2 - delete multiple files ftp>mkdir directoryname - create a directory on the remote computer ftp>rmdir directoryname - remove a directory from the remote computer ftp>type filename - display the contents of filename on the screen ftp>quit - end the ftp session ftp>dir - list the contents of the current directory on the remote computer ftp>ls - list the contents of the current directory on the remote computer

FTP Notes