Using HP-UX Internet Services (August 2003)

Transferring Files with ftp
Using ftp
Chapter 328
Using ftp
The following steps describe how to transfer files between the local and
remote host using the ftp program:
1. Issue the following command to establish a connection with the
remote host:
ftp remote_host_name
or
ftp remote_IP_address
2. Type your user name when prompted for by the remote host. If you
do not have an account on the remote host, type anonymous or ftp as
the user name to get access to the anonymous ftp directory.
Anonymous ftp allows you to access only the directory that is set up
for anonymous ftp.
3. Type your password when prompted for by the remote host. If you
are logging in as an anonymous user, type your user name and local
host name as the password, in the following format:
user_name @ local_host_name
If you are using the Secure Internet Services version of ftp you will
not be prompted for a password.
4. Set the transfer type, if necessary. You can use the binary type to
transfer all types of files. To identify the current transfer type, type
status at the ftp> prompt. To set the transfer type to binary, type
binary at the ftp> prompt.
5. You can perform directory operations on the remote host, by issuing
commands such as pwd, cd, and ls. For a list of ftp commands, type
? at the ftp> prompt. For help on a specific command, type ?
command at the ftp> prompt.
To perform directory operations and other shell commands on the
local host, put an exclamation point before the command, for
example, !ls.
6. At the ftp> prompt, use the following put or get command to
transfer files between the local and remote systems: