Command Line FTP

Note:
This page was created for use in my former classes. It is only occasionally updated resulting in many links being more of historical rather than current usefulness. Over time many links will suffer link rot.

FTP

From Windows, you can leave the realm of of WS_FTP and the Graphical User Interface for 
a textual command line look at FTP. 

Bring up your Start Menu


Select Run


in the dialog box, type: ftp ftp.microsoft.com


A MS-DOS box will pop up and start the dialog between your system and Microsoft.


At the prompt, type in your user name and password.

In this case, it would user name: anonymous

your password is your email address: myemail@mydomain.com

If you mess up and type the wrong name/password, type "user" at the prompt.


To get a full list of commands, type 'help' at the ftp prompt. To get more 
information about any one of those commands, type 'help ' at the prompt.


You are able to switch back and forth between ascii and binary modes by typing 
'ascii' and 'bin' at the command prompt.


To put a single file on a remote system from your local system, type 'put ' at 
the prompt. To get a single file from a remote system, type 'get '. 
The commands for putting and retrieving multiple files are 'mput' and 'mget'.


If you need to change directories or check the current directory you're on, use 
the following commands:

'cd' -- use to change directories on the remote system or to check what 
directory you're in

'lcd' -- use to change directories on the local system or to check what 
directory you're in


Once you're done, you can usually exit by typing 'bye' or 'quit' or 'exit', 
depending on the system. 


Commands may be abbreviated.  Commands are:

!            cr           macdef       proxy        send
$            delete       mdelete      sendport     status
account      debug        mdir         put          struct
append       dir          mget         pwd          sunique
ascii        disconnect   mkdir        quit         tenex
bell         form         mls          quote        trace
binary       get          mode         recv         type
bye          glob         mput         remotehelp   user
case         hash         nmap         rename       verbose
cd           help         ntrans       reset        ?
cdup         lcd          open         rmdir
close        ls           prompt       runique

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Last updated: 13 January 2003