7-3-1 Command List

This unit supports standard FTP commands (see the next section), and extended FTP commands (see page 84).

Standard commands

The following table shows the standard FTP commands supported by this unit.

In the command syntax column, <SP> means a space, entered by pressing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a new line, entered by pressing the Enter key.

Operations File 7 Chapter

Command name

Description

Command syntax

 

 

 

USER

Send this command to begin the login

USER <SP> <username> <CRLF>

 

process.

Input example: USER admin

 

 

 

 

 

PASS

After sending the USER command,

PASS <SP> <password> <CRLF>

 

send this command to complete the

 

 

 

login process.

Input example: PASS pdw-1500

 

 

 

QUIT

Terminates the FTP connection. If a file

QUIT <CRLF>

 

is being transferred, terminates after

 

 

 

completion of the transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

PORT

Specifies the IP address and port to

PORT <SP> <h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2> <CRLF>

 

which this unit should connect for the

• h1 (most significant byte) to h4 (least significant byte): IP

 

next file transfer (for data transfer from

 

this unit).

address

 

 

• p1 (most significant byte), p2 (least significant byte): Port

 

 

address

 

 

Input example: PORT 10,0,0,1,242,48

 

 

(IP address: 10.0.0.1, Port number: 62000)

 

 

 

PASV

This command requests this unit to

PASV <CRLF>

 

“listen” on a data port (which is not its

 

 

 

default data port). (It puts this unit into

 

 

 

passive mode, waiting for the remote

 

 

 

computer to make a data connection.)

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE

Specifies the type of data to be

TYPE <SP> <type-code (options delimited by <SP>)>

 

transferred.

<CRLF>

 

 

<type-code> can be any of the following. However, for

 

 

XDCAM, data is always transferred as “I,” regardless of the

 

 

type-code specification.

 

 

• A: ASCII

 

 

-

N: Non-print (default)

 

 

-

T: Telnet format

 

 

-

C: ASA Carriage Control

 

 

• E: EBCDIC

 

 

-

N: Non-print

 

 

-

T: Telnet format

 

 

-

C: ASA Carriage Control

 

 

• I: IMAGE (Binary)

 

 

• L: LOCAL BYTE

 

 

-

SIZE: byte size

 

 

Input example: TYPE I

 

 

 

 

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