Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch instruction

Loading Software onto the Switch	Managing System Files

4After logging in, you will receive the ftp->prompt. You may enter a question mark (?) to view available FTP commands as shown here.

ftp->?

Supported commands:
ascii	binary	bye	cd	delete
dir	get	help	hash	ls
put	pwd	quit	remotehelp	user
lpwd	mput	mget	prompt	!ls
lcd	user

These are industry standard FTP commands. Their definitions are given in the following table.

ascii	Set transfer type to ASCII (7-bit).
binary	Set transfer type to binary (8-bit).
bye	Close session gracefully.
cd	Change to a new directory on the remote machine.
delete	Delete a file on the remote machine.
dir	Obtain a long listing on the remote machine.
get	Retrieve a file from the remote machine.
hash	Print the hash symbol (#) for every block of data transferred. (This com-
	mand toggles hash enabling and disabling.)
help	Displays a list of FTP commands and their definitions.
ls	Display summary listing of the current directory on the remote host.
put	Send a file to the remote machine.
pwd	Display the current working directory on the remote host.
quit	Close session gracefully.
remotehelp	List the commands that the remote FTP server supports.
user	Send new user information.
lpwd	Display the current working directory on the local host.
mput	Allows for the transfer of multiple files out of the local machine.
mget	Allows for the transfer of multiple files into the local machine.
prompt	Toggles the query for use with the mput and mget commands.
!ls	Lists the contents (files and directories) of the local directory.
lcd	Change to a new local directory
user	Sends new user information.

If you lose communications while running FTP, you may receive a message similar to the following:

Waiting for reply (Hit ^C to abort)...........

In this case you can press Crtl-Cto abort the session or wait until the communication failure is resolved and the FTP transfer can continue.

Note. You must use the binary mode (bin) to transfer files via FTP.

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