February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
1440 pages
30h 42m
English
| File Transfer Protocol (ftp) | Transfer a file, or multiple files, from one system to another. This is often used when transferring files between a UNIX workstation and a Windows PC, VAX, etc. The following example shows copying the file /tmp/krsort.c from system2 (remote host) to the local directory on system1 (local host): |
| Comments | |
|---|---|
| $ ftp system2 | Issue ftp command |
| Connected to system2. | |
| system2 FTP server (Version 4.1) ready. | |
| Name (system2:root): root | Log in to system2 |
| Password required for root. | |
| Password: | Enter password |
| User root logged in. | |
| Remote system type is UNIX. | |
| Using binary mode to transfer files. | |
| ftp> cd /tmp | cd to /tmp on system2 |
| CWD command successful | |
| ftp> get krsort.c | Get krsort.c ... |
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