FTP question

[Astrotolus]

Just a short question about FTP. How do I download a file using FTP if I have the IP address and port number? And how would I do it without using a browser?

Thanks,

astro

[DrZaius]

Hi Astrotolus,

Just download and install a program like WS_FTP LE. When you run it it will allow you to create new sessions, just enter the IP as the "host address" and add the "remote port" (usually 21) under the advanced tab. You may need to know the password. Hope that helps.

[mairving]

Or if you feel real manly, use ftp at the command prompt in windows. It works fine if you only have one file to download.

The command would be something like:
ftp (ipaddress)
login: anonymous
get (filename)
quit
ls will show you the file list
cd will change directories
help will show you a list of commands.

[Statica]

To add to what Mairving said, and this is important, you MUST change the transfer mode before downloading the appropriate file, for example executables etc are binary files and text files are ascii. Otherwise your downloads would be useless.
before issuing the get command change type by using:
binary ... to switch to binary transfers or Type I
ascii ... ASCII or Type A transfers.

Another good command to issue is hash to give u a guage of the transfer progress.

If u dont know abt what transfer mode to use then u need to use an FTP program, other than that for ppl like me, I have NO USE for a bloated crapware FTP program when I can do all I need with a command prompt.

To connect to a nonspecific port, other than the default 21, the syntax is open ftp.IPAddress.com XX
where XX is the port number.

[Edited by Statica on 03-14-2001 at 08:52 AM]

[reboot]

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