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There are many
commands that can be used at the ftp prompt and users should refer to the manual
page for full descriptions of all ftp interpreter commands.
Listing a
Directory. Usually,
the first command after making a connection is to list the contents of the
directory. At the ftp prompt, type `ls' for a short-format listing or `dir' for
a long-format listing.
Changing
Directories. The
next action you may want to take is to change to a subdirectory, which can be
accomplished by typing `cd remote-directory' where `remote-directory' is the desired
directory.
Transferring
Files. Other
important commands are the get and put commands, for example `get
remote-filename local-filename' gets a file named `remote-filename' from the
remote machine and stores it as `local-filename' on the local machine. If the
file is not just plain text (an executable for example), you may want to change
to binary mode by entering the `binary' command before your file tranfer. To
transfer multiple files, type `prompt off' and use the `mput' or `mget'
commands with a file specification to match files, for example `mget *.c' to get
all files with a `.c' extension. To abort a file transfer, use the terminal
interrupt key (usually CTRL-C). Once you have ftp'ed files from remote
system(s), you can view or edit
text file(s)
using your editor, run binaries for Sun Sparcstations from the Unix shell, or download
file(s) to your home computer.
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