THE VIRTUAL SERVER HANDBOOK

Console FTP Commands

To understand the example given of command line FTP, the following

terms are defined:

ascii

Set the file transfer type to network ASCII.

binary

Set the file transfer type to support binary

files.

bye / quit

Terminate the FTP remote session and exit

FTP. An end of file also terminates the

session.

cd

 [remote directory]

Change the working directory on the remote

computer to the remote directory.

delete

 [remote file]

Delete the file remote file on the remote

computer.

dir / ls

 [remote dir]

Print a directory contents list in the

directory, remote directory. If no remote

directory is specified, a list of the current

working directory on the remote computer is

displayed.

get

 [remote file] [local file] Retrieve the remote file and store it on the

local computer. If the local file name is not

specified, it is given the same name it has on

the remote computer.

help

 [command]

Print an informative message about the

meaning of command. If no argument is

given, FTP prints a list of the known

commands.

lcd

 [local directory]

Change the working directory on the local

computer. If no directory is specified, the

user s current local working directory is

displayed.

mdelete

 [remote files]

Delete the remote files on the remote

computer.

mget

 [remote files]

Expand the remote files on the remote

computer and do a get for each file name

thus produced.

mkdir

 [remote directory]

Make a directory on the remote computer.

mput

 [local files]

Expand wild cards in the list of local files

given as arguments and do a put for each file

in the resulting list.

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