Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

ftp

Synopsis

ftp [options] [hostname]

Transfers files to and from remote network site hostname. ftp prompts the user for a command. Type help to see a list of known commands, and use the help command to view help on a specific command.

The ftp client included with Mac OS X supports auto-fetch, which allows you to perform a download with a single command line. To auto-fetch a file, supply its location as an argument to ftp in one of several formats:

• ftp [user@]host:[path][/]

• ftp [ftp://[user[:password]@]host[:port]/path[/]]

• ftp [http://[user[:password]@]host[:port]/path]

Options

-A

Force active mode for use with older servers.

-a

Perform anonymous login automatically.

-d

Enable debugging.

-e

Disable command-line editing.

-f

Performs a forced reload of the cache. Useful when transferring through proxies.

-g

Disable filename globbing.

-i

Turn off interactive prompting.

-n

No autologin upon initial connection.

-o pathname

Save file as pathname when auto-fetching.

-p

Enable passive mode (the default).

-P port

Specify alternate port number.

-r wait

Attempt to connect again after wait seconds if initial attempt fails.

-R

When auto-fetching, resume incomplete transfers (if not transferring through a proxy).

-t

Enable packet tracing.

-T direction, maximum [,increment]

Throttle transfer rates by specifying direction of transfer, maximum transfer speed in bytes/second, and an increment value that allows changing maximum on the fly. Direction can be get for incoming transfers, put