Computer network: FTP commands,File Transfer Protocols

Object: Study FTP program. Access a remote FTP Server anonymously & receive a file from that server. Also describe 5 commands used in FTP session.

File Transfer Protocol, the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server.

FTP Commands :

While there are a variety of FTP commands, the following are the most common (but check your own system for which commands are available).

• ftp - starts the FTP session

Some of the commands in FTP:

bye	to exit the FTP environment (same as quit)
cd	to change directory on the remote machine
close	to terminate a connection with another computer
help	to request a list of all available FTP commands
ls	to list the names of the files in the current remote directory
mkdir	to make a new directory within the current remote directory
open	to open a connection with another computer
quit	to exit the FTP environment (same as bye)
rmdir	to  remove (delete) a directory in the current remote directory

 Output :