RGFN User's Guide


FTP COMMANDS

NOTE: Commands may be abbreviated.

$               execute macro                   
account         send account command to remote server
append          append to a file                
ascii           set ascii transfer type
bell            beep when command completed     
binary          set binary transfer type
bye             terminate ftp session and exit  
case            toggle mget upper/lower case id mapping
cd              change remote working directory 
cdup            change working directory to parent directory
close           terminate ftp session   
cr              toggle carriage return stripping on ascii gets
delete          delete remote file              
debug           toggle/set debugging mode
dir             list contents of remote directory       
disconnect      terminate ftp session
form            set file transfer format        
get             receive file
glob            toggle metacharacter expansion of local file names
hash            toggle printing # for each buffer transferred
help            print local help information            
idle            get (set) idle timer on remote side
image           set binary transfer type                        
lcd             change local working directory
ls              list contents of remote directory       
macdef          define a macro
mdelete         delete multiple files           
mdir            list contents of multiple remote directories
mget            get multiple files                              
mkdir           make directory on the remote machine
mls             list contents of multiple remote directories
mode            set file transfer mode
modtime         show last modification time of remote file
mput            send multiple files
newer           get file if remote file is newer than local file
nmap            set templates for default file name mapping
nlist           nlist contents of remote directory              
ntrans          set translation table for default file name mapping
open            connect to remote tftp                  
prompt          force interactive prompting on multiple commands
proxy           issue command on alternate connection   
sendport        toggle use of PORT cmd for each data connection
put             send one file           
pwd             print working directory on remote machine
quit            terminate ftp session and exit  
quote           send arbitrary ftp command
recv            receive file    
reget           get file restarting at end of local file
rstatus         show status of remote machine   
rhelp           get help from remote server
rename          rename file             
reset           clear queued command replies
restart         restart file transfer at bytecount
rmdir           remove directory on the remote machine
runique         toggle store unique for local files     
send            send one file
site            send site specific command to remote server
size            show size of remote file
status          show current status
struct          set file transfer structure     
system          show remote system type
sunique         toggle store unique on remote machine   
tenex           set tenex file transfer type
trace           toggle packet tracing           
type            set file transfer type
user            send new user information
umask           get (set) umask on remote side
verbose         toggle verbose mode
?               print local help information

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