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ftpd(1M) ftpd(1M)
Supported Commands
The ftpd server currently supports the following commands. The commands are not case sensitive.
Therefore, uppercase and lowercase commands are interpreted as equivalent.
Command Description
ABOR Abort previous command
ACCT Specify account (ignored)
ALLO Allocate storage (vacuously)
APPE Append to a file
CDUP Change to parent of current working directory
CWD Change working directory
DELE Delete a file
EPSV Sets the server to listen on a data port and wait for a connection
EPRT Use extended address for data connection
HELP Give help information
LIST Give list files in a directory (
ls -l)
LPRT Use long address for data connection
LPSV Sets the server to listen on a data port and wait for a connection
MKD Make a directory
MDTM Show last modification time of file
MODE Specify data transfer mode
NLST Give name list of files in directory
NOOP Do nothing
PASS Specify password
PASV Prepare for server-to-server transfer
PORT Specify data connection port
PWD Print the current working directory
QUIT Terminate session
REST Restart incomplete transfer
RETR Retrieve a file
RMD Remove a directory
RNFR Specify rename-from file name
RNTO Specify rename-to file name
SITE Non-standard commands (see next section)
SIZE Return size of file
STAT Return status of server
STOR Store a file
STOU Store a file with a unique name
STRU Specify data transfer structure
SYST Show operating system type of server system
TYPE Specify data transfer type
USER Specify user name
XCUP Change to parent of current working directory
XCWD Change working directory
XMKD Make a directory
XPWD Print the current working directory
XRMD Remove a directory
The following commands are supported when
ftpd is configured with TLS security mechanism
Command Description
AUTH Authentication/security mechanism
CCC Clear command channel
PROT Data channel protection level (level ’C’ only)
PBSZ Protection buffer size (has no effect)
These commands are described in draft 8 of the FTP security extensions.
The following commands are supported when
ftpd is operating in a secure environment which is based
on Kerberos V5 (see sis (5)).
Command Description
AUTH Authentication/security mechanism
ADAT Authentication/security data
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