Issue the following command to establish a connection with
the remote host:
ftp remote_host_name or remote_IP_address |
Type your user name when prompted for it by the
remote host. If you do not have an account on the remote host, type anonymous or ftp as the user name to get access to the anonymous ftp directory. Anonymous ftp allows you access only to
the directory that is set up for anonymous ftp.
Type your password when prompted for it by the remote
host. If you are logging in as anonymous, type your user name and local host name as the
password:
user_name@local_host_name |
Note that if you are using the Secure Internet Services version
of ftp you will not be prompted for a password.
Set the transfer type, if necessary. The binary type may be used to transfer all types of files.
To find out the current transfer type, type status at the ftp> prompt. To set the transfer type to binary, type binary at the ftp> prompt.
You can perform directory operations on the remote
host, by issuing commands like pwd, cd, and ls. For a list of ftp commands, type ? at the ftp> prompt. For help on a specific command, type ? command at the ftp> prompt.
To perform directory operations and other shell commands on
the local host, put an exclamation point before the command, for
example, !ls.
At the ftp> prompt, use the put or get command to transfer files between the local and
remote systems:
ftp> put filename [destination_filename]
ftp> get filename [destination_filename] |
The put command transfers a file from the local host to
the remote host. The get command transfers a file from the remote host
to the local host. If you do not specify a destination_filename, the copy of the file will have the same name
as the original.
To exit from ftp and return to the HP-UX prompt on your local host, type quit at the ftp> prompt.
