HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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ftp(1) ftp(1)
mls remote-files local-file
Write an abbreviated listing of remote-files to local-file. If globbing is enabled, globbing metacharac-
ters are expanded. If interactive prompting is on,
ftp prompts the user to verify that the last
argument is indeed the target local file for
mls output.
mode [ mode-name ]
Set the FTP file transfer mode to mode-name. The only supported mode is
stream.
modtime remote-file
Show the last modification time of remote-file.
mput local-files
Copy local-files from the local system to the remote system. The remote files have the same name as
the local files processed according to ntrans and nmap settings. If globbing is enabled, globbing
characters are expanded.
newer file-name
Get the file only if the modification time of the remote file is more recent that the file on the current
system. If the file does not exist on the current system, the remote file is considered newer. Other-
wise, this command is identical to
get
.
nlist [ remote-directory ][local-file ]
Write an abbreviated listing of remote-directory to local-file.Ifremote-directory is left unspecified,
the current working directory is used. If interactive prompting is on,
ftp prompts the user to ver-
ify that the last argument is indeed the target local file for nlist output.
nmap [ inpattern outpattern ]
Set or unset the filename mapping mechanism. If no arguments are specified, the filename mapping
mechanism is unset. If arguments are specified, remote filenames are mapped during
mput com-
mands and put commands issued without a specified remote target filename. If arguments are
specified, local filenames are mapped during mget commands and get commands issued without
a specified local target filename. This command is useful when connecting to a non-UNIX remote
computer with different file naming conventions or practices. The mapping follows the pattern set
by inpattern and outpattern . inpattern is a template for incoming filenames (which may have
already been processed according to the ntrans and case settings). Variable templating is
accomplished by including the sequences $1, $2, ..., $9 in inpattern . Use
\ to prevent this special
treatment of the
$ character. All other characters are treated literally, and are used to determine
the nmap inpattern variable values. For example, given inpattern $1.$2 and the remote file
name mydata.data, $1 would have the value mydata, and $2 would have the value
data.
The outpattern determines the resulting mapped filename. The sequences
$1, $2, ...,
$9 are
replaced by any value resulting from the inpattern template. The sequence
$0 is replaced by the
original filename. Additionally, the sequence
[seq1,seq2] is replaced by seq1 if seq1 is not a null
string; otherwise it is replaced by seq2. For example, the command
nmap $1.$2.$3
[$1,$2].[$2,file]
would yield the output filename myfile.data for input filenames
myfile.data and myfile.data.old
, myfile.file for the input filename myfile, and
myfile.myfile for the input filename .myfile. Spaces can be included in outpattern , as in the
example: nmap $1 | sed s/*$// > $1 Use the \ character to prevent special treatment of the
$, [, ], and , characters.
ntrans [ inchars [ outchars ]]
Set or unset the filename character translation mechanism. If no arguments are specified, the
filename character translation mechanism is unset. If arguments are specified, characters in remote
filenames are translated during mput commands and put commands issued without a specified
remote target filename. If arguments are specified, characters in local filenames are translated dur-
ing mget commands and get commands issued without a specified local target filename. This
command is useful when connecting to a non-UNIX remote computer with different file naming con-
ventions or practices. Characters in a filename matching a character in inchars are replaced with
the corresponding character in outchars . If the character’s position in inchars is longer than the
length of outchars , the character is deleted from the file name.
open server-host [ port-number ]
Establish a connection to server-host , using port-number (if specified). If auto-login is enabled,
ftp attempts to log into the server host.
passive
Toggle passive mode of transfer. By default, the passive mode of transfer is disabled. This command
enables the server to specify the data port for the ftp transfer.
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