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ftp(1)								       ftp(1)



NAME

  ftp -	Transfers files	between	a local	and a remote host

SYNOPSIS

  ftp [-dgintv]	[host]

  The ftp command is the interface to the File Transfer	Protocol (FTP).	 This
  command uses FTP to transfer files between the local host and	a remote host
  or between two remote	hosts.

FLAGS

  The following	flags can be entered on	the shell command line.	 (The the ftp
  command equivalents can also be entered at the ftp> prompt.)

  -d  Enables debugging	by turning on the logging feature.  See	the debug
      subcommand.

  -g  Disables the expansion of	metacharacters in filenames. Interpreting
      metacharacters may be referred to	as expanding (sometimes	called glob-
      bing) a filename.	 See the glob subcommand.

  -i  Disables interactive prompting during multiple file transfers.  See the
      prompt, mget, mput, and mdelete subcommands for descriptions of prompt-
      ing during multiple file transfers.

  -n  Prevents an automatic login on the initial connection.  Otherwise, ftp
      searches for a $HOME/.netrc entry	that describes the login and initial-
      ization process for the remote host.  See	the user subcommand.

  -t  Toggles packet tracing (see trace	subcommand).

  -v  Displays all the responses from the remote server	and provides data
      transfer statistics.  This is the	default	display	mode when the output
      of the ftp command is to a device, such as the console or	a display.
      However, if output is redirected,	such as	through	a pipe or to a file,
      or if the	ftp command is started by a daemon, such as the	cron daemon,
      verbose mode is not in effect unless the -v flag or the verbose subcom-
      mand is used.  See the verbose subcommand.

DESCRIPTION

  The FTP protocol is designed to allow	transferring data between hosts	that
  use dissimilar file systems.	Therefore, although the	protocol provides a
  lot of flexibility for transferring data, it does not	attempt	to preserve
  file attributes that are specific to a particular file system	(for example,
  the protection mode or modification times of a file).	 Additionally, the
  FTP protocol makes few assumptions about the overall structure of a file
  system and does not provide or allow such things as recursively copying
  subdirectories.

  Note that if you are transferring files between OSF/1	systems	(or other
  systems compatible with the UNIX operating system) and need to preserve
  file attributes or need to recursively copy subdirectories, you can use the
  rcp command.


  The ftp command provides subcommands for tasks such as listing remote
  directories, changing	the current local and remote directory,	transferring
  multiple files in a single request, creating and removing directories, and
  escaping to the local	shell to perform shell commands.  The ftp command
  also provides	for security by	sending	passwords to the remote	host and per-
  mits automatic login,	file transfer, and logoff.

  If you execute ftp and do not	specify	a hostname, ftp	immediately displays
  the ftp> prompt and waits for	an ftp subcommand.  To connect to a remote
  host,	you then execute the open subcommand.  When the	ftp command connects
  to the remote	host, ftp then prompts for the username	and password before
  displaying the ftp> prompt again.  ftp fails if no password is defined at
  the remote host for the specified username.

  If you do specify the	name of	a remote host, ftp immediately tries to
  establish a connection to the	specified host.	 If ftp	connects success-
  fully, ftp searches for a local $HOME/.netrc file in your current directory
  or home directory.  If the file exists, ftp searches the file	for an entry
  that initiates the login process and command macro definitions for the
  remote host.	If the $HOME/.netrc file or autologin entry does not exist,
  ftp prompts you for a	username and password.	This occurs whether or not
  the hostname is entered on the command line.

  If ftp finds a $HOME/.netrc autologin	entry for the specified	host, ftp
  attempts to use the information in that entry	to automatically log in	to
  the remote host.  The	ftp command also loads any command macros defined in
  the entry.  In some cases (for example, when the required password is	not
  listed in an autologin entry), ftp prompts for the password before display-
  ing the ftp> prompt.	Once ftp completes the autologin process, ftp exe-
  cutes	the init macro if the macro is defined in the autologin	entry.	If
  the init macro does not exist	or does	not contain a quit or bye command,
  ftp then displays the	ftp> prompt and	waits for a subcommand.

  The remote username that you specify either at the prompt or in a
  $HOME/.netrc file must exist and have	a password defined at the remote host
  or ftp fails.	 In addition, the remote user's	shell must be listed in	the
  /etc/shells file.

  Users	are authenticated as described in ftpd(8).

  The ftp command interpreter, which handles all commands entered at the ftp>
  prompt, provides facilities that are not available with most file transfer
  programs, such as:  the handling of filename arguments to ftp	commands, the
  ability to collect a group of	commands into a	single command macro, and the
  ability to load macros from a	$HOME/.netrc file.  These facilities are
  designed to allow simplifying	repeated tasks and to allow using ftp in
  unattended mode.

  The command interpreter handles filename arguments according to the follow-
  ing rules:

    ++  If a - (dash) is	specified for the argument, standard input is used
       for read	operations and standard	output is used for write operations.

    ++  If the first character of the filename is | (vertical bar), the
       remainder of the	argument is interpreted	as a shell command.  ftp then
       forks a shell, using popen() with the argument supplied,	and reads
       (writes)	from stdout (stdin).

       If the shell command includes spaces, the argument must be quoted; for
       example,	| ls -lt.  A particularly useful example of this mechanism is
       dir |more.

    ++  Failing the above checks, if globbing is	enabled, local filenames are
       expanded	according to the rules used in csh; c.f., the glob command.
       If the ftp command expects a single local file (for example, put),
       only the	first filename generated by the	globbing operation is used.

    ++  For get and mget	subcommands with unspecified local filenames, the
       local filename is the same as the remote	filename, which	may be
       altered by a case, ntrans, or nmap setting.  The	resulting filename
       can then	be altered if runique is on.

    ++  For mput	commands and put commands with unspecified remote filenames,
       the remote filename is the same as the local filename, which can	be
       altered by a ntrans or nmap setting.  The resulting filename can	then
       be altered by the remote	server if sunique is on.

  Note that the	ftp command interpreter	does not support pipes.

  To end an ftp	session	when you are running interactively, use	the bye	or
  quit subcommand or the End-of-File key sequence at the ftp> prompt.  To end
  a file transfer before it has	been completed,	use the	Interrupt key
  sequence.  The default Interrupt key sequence	is .

  The stty command can be used to redefine this	key sequence.  Sending
  transfers (those from	the local host to the remote host) are normally
  halted immediately.  Receiving transfers are halted by sending an FTP	ABOR
  instruction to the remote FTP	server and discarding all incoming file
  transfer packets until the remote server stops sending them.

  If the remote	server does not	support	the ABOR instruction, the ftp> prompt
  will not appear until	the remote server has sent all of the requested	file.
  Additionally,	if the remote server does something unexpected,	the local ftp
  process may need to be ended manually.

  The ftp command uses the default Type-of-Service values recommended by
  RFC1060, which are as	follows:

  ftp-control
      Low delay

  ftp-data
      High throughput

  You can configure these values by specifying them in the /etc/iptos file.
  For more information,	see iptos(4).

SUBCOMMANDS

  The following	ftp subcommands	can be entered at the ftp> prompt.  If an
  argument for a subcommand includes spaces, enclose the argument within ""
  (double quotes).

  ![command [argument ...]]
      Invokes an interactive shell on the local	host.  An optional command,
      with one or more optional	arguments, can be specified.

  $ macro [argument ...]
      Executes the specified macro, previously defined with the	macdef sub-
      command.	Arguments are not expanded.  See the macdef subcommand for
      further information.

  ? [subcommand]
      Displays a help message describing the subcommand.  If you do not
      specify subcommand, ftp displays a list of known subcommands.

  append local_file [remote_file]
      Appends a	local file to a	file on	the remote host.  If the remote
      filename is not specified, the local filename is used, altered by	any
      setting made with	the ntrans or nmap subcommand.	The append subcommand
      uses the current values for form,	mode,  struct, and type	while append-
      ing the file.  For more information on these subcommands,	see their
      individual descriptions.

  ascii
      Sets the file transfer type to network ASCII.  This ft command is	the
      default when ftp cannot determine	that the remote	system is a UNIX sys-
      tem.  File transfer may be more efficient	with binary-image transfer.

  bell
      Sounds a bell after the completion of each file transfer.

  binary
      Sets the file transfer type to binary image, by default, if ftp can
      determine	that the remote	system is a UNIX system.  This can be more
      efficient	than an	ASCII transfer.

  bye Ends the File Transfer session and exits ftp.  Same as quit.

  case
      Sets a toggle for	the case of filenames.	When case is on, remote
      filenames	that appear in all capital letters are changed from uppercase
      to lowercase when	written	in the local directory.	 The default is	off
      (uppercase remote	filenames are written in uppercase in the local
      directory).

  cd remote_directory
      Changes the remote working directory to the specified directory.

  cdup
      Changes the working directory on the remote host to the parent of	the
      current directory.

  close
      Ends the File Transfer session, but does not exit	ftp.  Defined macros
      are erased.  Same	as disconnect.

  cr  Strips the carriage-return character from	a carriage-return/linefeed
      sequence when receiving records during ASCII-type	file transfers.	 (ftp
      terminates each ASCII-type record	with a carriage-return/linefeed
      sequence during file transfers.)	This conforms with the OSF/1 and UNIX
      system convention	for terminating	records	with a single linefeed.
      Records on remote	hosts that have	different record termination conven-
      tions may	have single linefeeds imbedded in records.  To distinguish
      these imbedded linefeeds from record delimiters, set cr to off.  cr
      toggles between on and off.

  delete remote_file
      Deletes the specified remote file.

  debug	[on | off]
      Prints each command sent to the remote host preceded by the string -->
      when debug on is specified.

  dir [remote_directory][local_file]
      Writes a listing of the contents of remote_directory to the file
      local_file.  If remote_directory is not specified, dir lists the con-
      tents of the current remote directory.  If local_file is not specified
      or is a -	(dash),	dir displays the listing on the	local terminal.

  disconnect
      See close.

  form format
      Specifies	the form of the	file transfer.	The only format	available is
      non-print.

  get remote_file [local_file]
      Copies the remote	file to	the local host.	 If local_file is not speci-
      fied, the	remote filename	is used	locally	and is altered by any set-
      tings made by the	case, ntrans, and nmap subcommands.  The ftp command
      uses the current settings	for type, form,	mode, and struct while
      transferring the file.  For additional information, refer	to the
      description of each of these subcommands.

  glob
      Toggles filename expansion (globbing) for	mdelete, mget, and mput.  If
      globbing is off, filename	arguments for these subcommands	are not
      expanded.	 When globbing is enabled and a	pattern-matching character is
      used in a	subcommand that	expects	a single filename, results may be
      different	than expected.	For example, the append	and put	subcommands
      perform filename expansion and then use only the first filename gen-
      erated.  Other ftp subcommands, such as cd, delete, get, mkdir, rename,
      and rmdir, do not	perform	filename expansion and take the	pattern-
      matching characters literally.

      Globbing for the mput subcommand is done locally in the same way as for
      the csh command.	For mdelete and	mget, each filename is expanded
      separately at the	remote machine and the lists are not merged.  The
      expansion	of a directory name may	be different than the expansion	of a
      filename,	depending on the remote	host and the ftp server.

      To preview the expansion of a directory name, use	the mls	subcommand:
	   mls remote_file -


      To transfer an entire directory subtree of files,	transfer a tar
      archive of the subtree in	binary form, rather than using mget or mput.

  hash
      Toggles #	(hash sign) printing.  When hash is on,	ftp displays one hash
      sign for each data block (1024 bytes) transferred.

  help [subcommand]
      Displays help information. Refer to the ?	subcommand.

  lcd [directory]
      Changes the working directory on the local host.	If you do not specify
      a	directory, ftp uses your home directory.

  ls [remote_directory]	[local_file]
      Writes an	abbreviated file listing of a remote directory to a local
      file.  If	remote_directory is not	specified, ftp lists the current
      remote directory.	 If local_file is not specified	or is a	- (dash), ftp
      displays the listing on the local	terminal.

  macdef macro
      Defines a	subcommand macro.  Subsequent lines up to a null line (two
      consecutive linefeeds) are saved as the text of the macro.  Up to	16
      macros containing	at most	4096 bytes for all macros can be defined.
      Macros remain defined until redefined or a close is executed.

      The special characters $ (dollar sign) and \ (backslash) have special
      uses in ftp macros.  A $ followed	by one or more numbers is replaced by
      the corresponding	macro parameter	on the invocation line (refer to the
      $	subcommand).  A	$ followed by an i indicates that the macro is to
      loop, with $i being replaced by consecutive parameters on	each pass.
      The first	macro parameter	is used	on the first pass, the second parame-
      ter is used on the second	pass, and so on.  A \ prevents special treat-
      ment of the next character.  Use the \ to	turn off the special meanings
      of $ and \.

  mdelete remote_files
      Expands remote_files and deletes the indicated remote files.

  mdir [remote_directory ... local_file]
      Expands remote_directory at the remote host and writes a listing of the
      contents of the remote_directory to the local_file.  If the
      remote_directory argument	contains a pattern-matching character, mdir
      prompts for a local_file if none is specified.  If the remote_directory
      argument is a list of remote directories,	separated by spaces, the last
      argument in the list must	be either a local filename or a	- (dash).  If
      local_file is -, mdir displays the listing on the	local terminal.	 If
      interactive prompting is on (refer to the	prompt subcommand), ftp
      prompts you to verify that the last argument is a	local file and not a
      remote directory.

  mget remote_file ...
      Expands remote_files at the remote host and copies the indicated remote
      files to the current directory on	the local host.	 Refer to the glob
      subcommand for more information on filename expansion.  The remote
      filenames	are used locally and are altered by any	settings made by the
      case, ntrans, and	nmap subcommands.  The ftp command uses	the current
      settings for type, form, mode, and structure while transferring the
      files.  Refer to the description of each of these	subcommands for	addi-
      tional information.

  mkdir	[remote_directory]
      Creates the directory remote_directory on	the remote host.

  mls [remote_directory	... local_file]
      Expands remote_directory at the remote host and writes an	abbreviated
      file listing of the indicated remote directories to a local file.	 If
      the remote_directory argument contains a pattern-matching	character,
      mls prompts for a	local_file if none is specified.  If the
      remote_directory argument	is a list of remote directories, separated by
      spaces, the last argument	in the list must be either a local filename
      or a - (dash).  If local_file is -, mls displays the listing on the
      local terminal.  If interactive prompting	is on (refer to	the prompt
      subcommand), ftp prompts you to verify that the last argument is a
      local file and not a remote directory.

  mode [mode]
      Sets file	transfer mode.	The only mode available	is stream.

  modtime [remote_file]
      Shows the	last modification time of file on the remote machine.

  mput [local_file ...]
      Expands local_file at the	local host and copies the indicated local
      files to the remote host.	 Refer to the glob subcommand for more infor-
      mation on	filename expansion.  The local filenames are used at the
      remote host and are altered by any settings made by the ntrans and nmap
      subcommands.  The	ftp command uses the current settings for type,	form,
      mode, and	structure while	transferring the files.	 Refer to the
      description of each subcommand for additional information.

  nlist	[remote_directory] [local_file]
      Prints a list of the files of a directory	on the remote machine.	If
      remote_directory is left unspecified, the	current	working	directory is
      used.  If	interactive prompting is on, ftp prompts the user to verify
      that the last argument is	indeed the target local	file for receiving
      nlist output.  If	no local file is specified, the	output is sent to the
      terminal.

  nmap [inpattern outpattern]
      Sets or unsets the filename mapping mechanism.  If no arguments are
      specified, filename mapping is turned off.  If arguments are specified,
      source filenames are mapped for mget and mput operations and for get
      and put operations when the destination filename is not specified.
      This subcommand is useful	when the local and remote hosts	use different
      filenaming conventions or	practices.  Mapping follows the	pattern	set
      by inpattern and outpattern.

      The inpattern variable specifies the template for	incoming filenames,
      which may	have already been processed according to the case and ntrans
      settings.	 The template variables	$1 through $9 can be included in
      inpattern.  All characters in inpattern other than $ and protected $s
      (that is,	\$) define the values of the template variables.  For exam-
      ple, if the inpattern is $1.$2 and the remote filename is	mydata.dat,
      the value	of $1 is mydata	and the	value of $2 is dat.

      The outpattern variable determines the resulting filename.  The vari-
      ables $1 through $9 are replaced by their	values as derived from inpat-
      tern and the variable $0 is replaced by the original filename.  Addi-
      tionally,	the sequence [sequence1,sequence2] is replaced by the value
      of sequence1 if sequence1	is not null; otherwise,	it is replaced by the
      value of sequence2.  For example,	the following subcommand would yield
      myfile.data from myfile.data or myfile.data.old, myfile.file from
      myfile, and myfile.myfile	from .myfile:
	   nmap	$1.$2.$3 [$1,$2].[$2,file]


      Spaces can be included in	outpattern.  Use the \ (backslash) character
      to prevent the special meanings of $, [, ], and ,	(comma)	in outpat-
      tern.

  ntrans [in_characters	[out_characters]]
      Sets or unsets the filename character translation	mechanism.  If no
      arguments	are specified, character translation is	turned off.  If	argu-
      ments are	specified, characters in source	filenames are translated for
      mget and mput operations and for get and put operations when the desti-
      nation filename is not specified.	 This subcommand is useful when	the
      local and	remote hosts use different file	naming conventions or prac-
      tices.  Character	translation follows the	pattern	set by in_characters
      and out_characters.  Characters in a source filename matching charac-
      ters in in_characters are	replaced by the	corresponding characters in
      out_characters.  If the string in_characters is longer than the string
      out_characters, characters in in_characters are deleted if they have no
      corresponding character in out_characters.

  open host [port]
      Establishes a connection to the FTP server at the	specified host.	 If
      the optional port	number is specified, ftp will attempt to connect to a
      server at	that port.  If the autologin feature is	set (that is, -n was
      not specified on the command line), ftp will attempt to automatically
      log you in to the	FTP server.  You must also have	a $HOME/.netrc file
      with the correct information in it and the correct permissions set.

  prompt
      Toggles interactive prompting.  If interactive prompting is on (the
      default),	ftp will prompt	for verification before	retrieving, sending,
      or deleting multiple files during	mget, mput, and	mdelete	operations.
      Otherwise, ftp will perform the operation	on all files specified.

  proxy	[subcommand]
      Executes an ftp command on a secondary control connection.  This sub-
      command allows ftp to simultaneously connect to two remote FTP servers
      for transferring files between the two servers.  To establish the
      secondary	control	connection, specify open as the	first proxy subcom-
      mand.  Enter the subcommand proxy	? to see the other ftp subcommands
      that are executable on the secondary connection.	The following subcom-
      mands behave differently when prefaced by	proxy:

	++
	The open subcommand does not define new	macros during the autologin
	process.

	++
	The close subcommand does not erase existing macro definitions.

	++
	The get	and mget subcommands transfer files from the host on the pri-
	mary connection	to the host on the secondary connection.

	++
	The put, mput, and append subcommands transfer files from the host on
	the secondary connection to the	host on	the primary connection.

	File transfers require that the	FTP server on the secondary connec-
	tion support the PASV (passive)	instruction.

  put local_file [remote_file]
      Stores a local file on the remote	host.  If you do not specify
      remote_file, ftp uses the	local filename to name the remote file,	and
      the remote filename is altered by	any settings made by the ntrans	and
      nmap subcommands.	 The ftp command uses the current settings for type,
      form, mode, and structure	while transferring the files.  Refer to	the
      description of each subcommand for additional information.

  pwd Displays the name	of the current directory on the	remote host.

  quit
      Ends the file transfer session and exits ftp.  A synonym for bye.

  quote	string
      Sends the	specified string verbatim to the remote	host.  Unpredictable
      results can occur	when you quote commands	that involve data transfers.

  recv remote_file [local_file]
      Copies the remote	file to	the local host.	 A synonym for get.

  reget	remote_file [local_file]
      Acts like	get, except that if local_file exists and is smaller than
      remote_file, local_file is presumed to be	a partially transferred	copy
      of remote_file and the transfer is continued from	the apparent point of
      failure.	This subcommand	is useful when transferring very large files
      over networks that are prone to dropping connections.

  remotehelp [subcommand]
      Requests help from the remote FTP	server.

  rename from to
      Renames a	file on	the remote host.

  reset
      Clears the reply queue.  This command resynchronizes the command pars-
      ing.

  restart marker
      Restarts the immediately following get or	put at the indicated marker.
      On systems that treat files as unstructured byte arrays (such as OSF/1
      and UNIX systems), marker	is simply a byte offset	into the file.

  rmdir	remote_directory
      Removes the directory remote_directory at	the remote host.

  runique
      Toggles whether unique filenames are created for local destination
      files during get and mget	operations.  If	creating unique	local
      filenames	is not enabled (the default), ftp overwrites local files.
      Otherwise, if a local file has the same name as specified	for a local
      destination file,	ftp modifies the specified name	of the local destina-
      tion file	with .1.  If a local file is already using the new name, ftp
      appends the postfix .2 to	the specified name.  If	a local	file is
      already using this second	name, ftp continues incrementing the postfix
      until it either finds a unique filename or reaches .99 without finding
      a	unique name.  If ftp cannot find a unique name,	ftp reports an error
      and the transfer does not	take place.  Note that runique does not
      affect local filenames generated from a shell command.

  send local_file [remote_file]
      Stores a local file on the remote	host.  A synonym for put.

  sendport
      Toggles the use of FTP PORT instructions.	 By default, ftp uses a	PORT
      instruction when establishing a connection for each data transfer.
      When the use of PORT instructions	is disabled, ftp does not use PORT
      instructions for data transfers.	The PORT instruction is	useful when
      dealing with FTP servers that ignore PORT	instructions while
      incorrectly indicating they were accepted.

  size
      Returns the size of file on the remote machine in	bytes.

  status
      Displays current status of ftp.

  struct [structure]
      Sets data	transfer structure type.  The only structure supported is
      file.

  sunique
      Toggles whether unique filenames are created for remote destination
      files during put and mput	operations.  If	creating unique	remote
      filenames	is not enabled (the default), ftp overwrites remote files.
      Otherwise, if a remote file has the same name as specified for a remote
      destination file,	the remote FTP server modifies the name	of the remote
      destination file.	 Note that the remote server must support the STOU
      instruction.

  system
      Shows the	type of	operating system running on the	remote machine.

  tenex
      Sets the file transfer type to that needed for TENEX machines.

  trace
      Toggles packet tracing.

  type [type]
      Sets the file transfer type to type.  If type is not specified, the
      current type is printed.	The default type is ASCII.

  user user [password] [account]
      Identifies the local user	as user	to the remote FTP server.  If pass-
      word or account is not specified and the remote server requires it, ftp
      prompts for it locally.  If account is required, ftp sends it to the
      remote server after the remote login process completes.

      Note that, unless	autologin is disabled by specifying -n on the command
      line, this process is done automatically for the initial connection to
      the remote server.  You also need	a $HOME/.netrc file in your home
      directory	to issue an autologin.

  verbose
      Toggles verbose mode.  When verbose mode is on (the default), ftp
      displays all responses from the remote FTP server.  Additionally,	ftp
      displays statistics on all file transfers	when the transfers are com-
      pleted.

  Aborting a File Transfer

  To abort a file transfer, use	the Interrupt key sequence (often ).
  Sending transfers are	immediately halted.  Receiving transfers are halted
  by sending an	FTP protocol ABOR command to the remote	server,	and discard-
  ing any further data received.  The speed at which this is accomplished
  depends upon the remote server's support for ABOR processing.	 If the
  remote server	does not support the ABOR command, the prompt ftp> does	not
  appear until the remote server has completed sending the requested file.

  The Interrupt	key sequence is	ignored	when ftp has completed any local pro-
  cessing and is awaiting a reply from the remote server.  A long delay	in
  this mode may	result from the	ABOR processing	described above, or from
  unexpected behavior by the remote server, including violations of the	FTP
  protocol.  If	the delay results from unexpected remote server	behavior, the
  local	ftp program must be killed by hand.

EXAMPLES

   1.  This example shows how user smith, who is logged	in on host1, can log
       in on the remote	host host2, check the current working directory	on
       host2 and list its contents, transfer a file, and then end the ses-
       sion.
	    $ ftp host2

       If the connection to host2 is successful, a verification	message	is
       displayed on the	local system:
	    Connected to host2.abc.org
	    220	host2 FTP server (Version ...) ready.
	    Name (host2:smith):	smith
	    Password:

       Enter your name and password when prompted by the system. A message
       similar to the following	is then	displayed on your local	system:
	    230	User smith logged in

	    ftp> _

       To set the file transfer	type to	binary,	enter the binary subcommand
       after the ftp> prompt:
	    ftp> binary
       A message similar to the	following is displayed on your local system:
	    200	Type set to I

       To check	the current working directory, enter the pwd command after
       the ftp>	prompt:
	    ftp> pwd
       A message similar to the	following is displayed on your local system:
	    257	"u/smith" is current directory

       To list the contents of the current working directory, enter the	ls
       command after the ftp> prompt:
	    ftp> ls
       A message similar to the	following is displayed on your local system:
	    200	PORT command successful.
	    150	Opening	data connection	for /usr/bin/ls
		    (555.5.55.555) (0 bytes)
	    printfile
	    testfile
	    226	Transfer complete.

       (The Opening data connection message appears on one line, not on	two
       lines as	shown above.)

       To transfer a file from the remote host to the local host, enter	the
       get or mget subcommand following	the ftp> prompt:
	    ftp> get testfile tmp.testfile
       A message similar to the	following is displayed on your local system:
	    200	PORT command successful.
	    150	Opening	data connection	for testfile
		    (555.5.55.555) (1201 bytes)
	    226	Transfer complete.
	    local:tmp.testfile remote:testfile

       (The Opening data connection message appears on one line, not on	two
       lines as	shown above.)

       To end the ftp session, enter the quit subcommand after the ftp>
       prompt:
	    ftp> quit
	    221	Goodbye.
	   


   2.  This example shows how user smith, who is logged	in on host1,  can log
       in as the user smith on the remote host host2:
	    $ ftp host2

	    Connected to host2.abc.org
	    220	host2 FTP server (Version ...) ready.
	    Name (host2:smith):
	    331	Passwd required	for smith
	    Password:
	    230	User smith logged in
	    ftp>


   3.  In this example,	user smith makes a typing error:
	    $ ftp test

	    Connected to test.abc.org
	    220	test FTP server	(Version ...) ready.
	    Name (test:fred): msith
	    530	User msith unknown
	    ftp> user smith
	    331	Passwd required	for smith
	    Password:
	    230	User smith logged in
	    ftp>


   4.  In this example,	user fred issues the ftp command without specifying a
       hostname, then connects to host1	using the open subcommand:
	    $ ftp
	    ftp> open host1
	    Connected to host1.abc.org
	    220	host1 FTP server (Version ...) ready.
	    Name (host1:fred):
	    331	Passwd required	for fred
	    Password:
	    230	User fred logged in
	    ftp>


FILES

  $HOME/.netrc
	     Contains automatic	login information.

RELATED	INFORMATION

  Commands:  csh(1), ftpd(8), rcp(1), stty(1), tftp(1)

  Functions:  popen(3)

  Files:  netrc(4), iptos(4).