Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

mount_ftp

Synopsis

mount_ftp ftp://[username:password@]ftp_server[/pathname] 
mount_point
                  

Mounts FTP archives as filesystem volumes. It takes an FTP URL and a mount point as an argument. In actuality, this is a Perl script that passes its arguments to csmount as:

/System/Library/Filesystems/ftp.fs/csmount -mmount_point FTP_URL

Options

username

The login name to use with an FTP server that requires authentication.

password

The password to use with an FTP server that requires authentication. Note that this will leave the login password visible in a process listing.

ftp_server

The hostname or IP address of an FTP server.

pathname

The path to the directory you wish to access on the FTP server. If not provided, it defaults to the default FTP root directory (e.g., /Library/FTPServer/FTPRoot on Mac OS X Server). Defaults to /.

mount_point

The directory on which the filesystem will be mounted. It must be an absolute pathname.