FTP Commands in a Nutshell

Technical Writing Series: Internet

FTP Commands in a Nutshell
By Angie Goh

Introduction
This webpage provides a table of all the FTP commands you will need to use in a simple FTP Sessions

Command	Operating System	Description
cd	DOS	Change the current directory to another directory Usage: cd (your directory name) Special: cd.. Used to go up one level of the directory structure.
ftp	DOS	Used to transfer and receive files. Usage: ftp (ftp address)
cd	UNIX	Change the current directory to another directory Usage: cd (your directory name)
ascii	UNIX	Change to ASCII mode in ftp. Usage: ascii
put	UNIX	Used for transferring one file. Usage: put (file name)
mput	UNIX	Used for transferring many files. Usage: mput .(extension) Special: mput Used to transfer all files.
bin	UNIX	Change to Binary mode in ftp. Usage: bin
get	UNIX	Used for retrieving one file. Usage: get (file name)
mget	UNIX	Used for retrieving many file. Usage: mget .(extension) Special: mget Used to retrieve all files.
bye	UNIX	Used for exiting ftp Usage: bye
exit	DOS	Used for exiting MS-DOS Prompt Usage: exit


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