is the user interface to the Internet
(Trivial File Transfer Protocol),
which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine.
The remote
may be specified on the command line, in which case
uses
as the default host for future transfers (see the
command below).
Once
is running, it issues the prompt
and recognizes the following commands:
Print help information.
Shorthand for "mode ascii"
Shorthand for "mode binary"
Set the
(and optionally
for transfers.
Note that the
protocol, unlike the
protocol,
does not maintain connections between transfers; thus, the
command does not actually create a connection,
but merely remembers what host is to be used for transfers.
You do not have to use the
command; the remote host can be specified as part of the
or
commands.
Get a file or set of files from the specified
can be in one of two forms:
a filename on the remote host, if the host has already been specified,
or a string of the form
to specify both a host and filename at the same time.
If the latter form is used,
the last hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers.
Set the mode for transfers;
may be one of
or
The default is
Put a file or set of files to the specified
remote file or directory.
The destination
can be in one of two forms:
a filename on the remote host, if the host has already been specified,
or a string of the form
to specify both a host and filename at the same time.
If the latter form is used,
the hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers.
If the remote-directory form is used, the remote host is
assumed to be a
machine.
Exit
An end of file also exits.
Set the per-packet retransmission timeout, in seconds.
Show current status.
Set the total transmission timeout, in seconds.
Toggle packet tracing.
Toggle verbose mode.
Because there is no user-login or validation within
the
protocol, the remote site will probably have some
sort of file-access restrictions in place. The
exact methods are specific to each site and therefore
difficult to document here.
The
command appeared in