Difference between revisions of "FTP"
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| + | A good free ftp client is [http://fireftp.net/ Fireftp] | ||
== using ftp in mac terminal == | == using ftp in mac terminal == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:35, 16 June 2013
FTP stands for file transfer protocol.
A good free ftp client is Fireftp
using ftp in mac terminal
- ftp - starts ftp command line interface
- open <ftp.whatever.org> - open the connection to this ip address, you should be prompted next for password
- close - close the connection
- ls - see listing of all files
- cd - change folder
- lcd - put yourself in the folder on the local drive
- bin - get into binary mode to transfer non plain-text files
- ascii - get into ascii mode
- get or mget - get followed by filename of file / or use mget with filenames possibly containing * and/or ? as wildcards
- put or mput - sending over file (same as get/mget)
- quit - end the entire ftp session
