1. Day11a FTP

2. File Transfer Protocol. –Used to move files from one machine to another. Windows -> Unix Unix -> Windows Unix -> Unix Windows -> Windows etc.

3. WSFTP In windows you have probably used WSFTP or ProFTP or FTPExplorer which are GUI that simplify FTPing. –Allow drag and drop –Don’t require you to remember commands.

4. Command line FTP In windows you can also FTP from a DOS prompt. –This works exactly the same way as Unix FTP. Same commands etc.

5. 2 Transfer Modes Ascii –This is for plain TEXT only. Files created with vi or notepad Binary –This is for all other types of files Sound, Movies, Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, Power Point presentations etc.

6. FTP Unix In all versions of Unix, the command ftp should exist. –ftp kahuna.clayton.edu

7. Logging In You will be asked for your username and password. If FTPing to a site you don’t have an account on, you can usually log in anonymously. –User: ftp –Pass: Your email address

8. FTP Commands ls cd get put chmod rm

9. Using commands Commands work the same in FTP as they do in Unix. –cd allows you to change directory on the remote machine. –ls shows you a listing of files in the remote machine’s directory. –rm attempts to remove a file in the remote machines directory This will not work if you are logged in anonymously.

10. Get Used to transfer files from the remote machine to your machine. –get myfile.txt You can also use mget which allows you to transfer all files in a directory: –mget *

11. Put Allows you to move files from your machine to the remote machine. –put myfile.txt Likewise moving a lot of files can be done with multiple put: –mput *