File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method used to transfer files from one machine to another. You can use the command line, the most common commands which are noted below, or an FTP program. here are many free applications for this. A popular one is Filezilla. Read the FileZilla documentation, or the documentation to whichever application you decide to use, for usage instructions.
Useful FTP commands
- Navigate to the desired local directory in the Terminal
- Type ftp -i hostname
- Type your username and password (password is invisible)
- Type type (See if it's ascii [pages] or binary [images, sounds, etc.])
- Type cd desiredDirectory (Get to where you want to upload or download)
- Type pwd (Confirm where you're at)
- Type ls (Get a directory listing)
- To get a directory listing of the local directory, type !ls. The ! lets you bypass the FTP environment to issue commands to the operating system
- Upload an image or sound?
- Type bin
- Type put filename
- Upload a page?
- Type asc
- Type put filename
- Download an image or sound?
- Type bin
- Type get filename
- Download a page?
- Type asc
- Type get filename
- Batch upload? Type mput *.htm
- Batch download? Type mget *.htm
- See other options? Type help
- Terminate a session? Type bye