HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide (36957-90159)
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FTP User Commands: Quick Reference
Transfer multiple files using wildcard characters in the
localfiles
parameter.
Optionally, build parameters can be specified if the remote system is an
MPE/iX system. The build parameters affect each file in the transfer.
Non-MPE/iX FTP servers will not interpret the build parameters as
intended. The resulting file names are in uppercase letters unless you use
the CASE command to force the resulting file names to all lowercase letters.
OPEN
remotehostname
Opens a connection to the remote host specified. Must be either an ARPA
domain name, IP address, or an NS node name.
PROMPT
Toggle interactive prompting. Interactive prompting is used during
multiple file transfers to allow the user to selectively retrieve or restore
files, and during multiple file deletes to selectively delete. If prompting is
turned off, the default for MGET and MPUT is to transfer all files, and the
default for MDELETE is to delete all files.
PUT
localfile
[
remotefile
] [
;buildparms
] [
;move
]
Transfers a local file to a file on the remote system. If the remote file name
is not specified, the file is saved with the local file name (assuming a legal
file name). Optionally, build parameters can be specified if the remote
system is an MPE/iX system.
PWD
Displays the name of the remote working directory on the terminal.
QUIT
Closes the connection to the remote system and exits from FTP.
QUOTE
string
Sends server commands to the remote host. Used for troubleshooting.
RECV
remotefile
[
localfile
] [
:buildparms
]
A synonym for the GET command.
REMOTEHELP [
servercommand
]
Displays the remote host FTP server commands supported. If a server
command is specified with the REMOTEHELP command, a brief description of
the command is displayed. (Implementation dependent).
RENAME
remotefile newname
Renames a remote file.
REPLACE
Toggles the internal replace flag and the value of the environment variable
FTPREPLACE to either TRUE (on) or FALSE (off). This flag specifies the
file placement policy during subsequent file transfers.