Agilent Technologies E4406A VSA manual The Standard UNIX FTP Command, Table, ftp Commands

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The Standard UNIX FTP Command:

Synopsis ftp [-g] [-i] [-n] [-v] [server-host] [-B

DataSocketBufferSize]

Description The ftp command is used to transfer files using the File Transfer Protocol. ftp transfers files over a network connection between a local machine and the remote server-host.

Options and Parameters When ftp is invoked with a server-host specified, a connection is opened immediately. Otherwise, ftp waits for user commands.

The following options are supported:

	-g	disables expansion of shell metacharacters in file and
		directory names
	-i	disables prompts during multiple-file operations
	-n	disables automatic log-in
	-v	enables verbose output
	-B	specifies a new DataSocketBufferSize
	server-hostthe name or address of the remote host.
	Table lists the available user commands.
Table 2-2	ftp Commands
	Command		Description
	ASCII		Sets the file transfer type to ASCII.
	binary		Sets the file transfer type to binary.
	bye		Closes the connection to the host and exits ftp.
	cd remote_directory		Sets the working directory on the host to remote_directory.
	delete remote_file		Deletes remote_file or empty remote_directory.
	dir		Lists the contents of the specified remote_directory. If
	[remote_directory]		remote_directory is unspecified, the contents of the current
			remote directory are listed.
	get remote_file		Copies remote_file to local_file. If local_file is unspecified,
	[local_file]		ftp uses the remote_file name as the local_file name.
	help		Provides a list of ftp commands.
	help command		Provides a brief description of command.
	image		Sets the file transfer type to binary.
	lcd [local_directory]		Sets the local working directory to local_directory.

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