FTP mini-HOWTO

Matthew Borowski ( [email protected] )
( http://tarp.worldserve.net/ )

1. Preamble

• 1.1 Contacting Me
• 1.2 Legalities and Distribution
• 1.3 History of this document

2. About FTP

3. Beginner's guide to using ftp

• 3.1 Running the ftp program
• 3.2 Logging into an FTP server
• 3.3 File transfer types
• 3.4 Navigating and listing directories
• 3.5 Downloading and uploading files
• 3.6 Running shell commands
• 3.7 Hash marks and tick
• 3.8 Other ftp commands

4. Console FTP clients

• 4.1 NcFTP
• 4.2 lukemftp
• 4.3 lftp
• 4.4 cftp
• 4.5 yafc

5. X Window FTP clients

• 5.1 gFTP
• 5.2 WXftp
• 5.3 LLNL XDIR and XFTP
• 5.4 guiftp

6. FTP Servers

• 6.1 How an FTP Server works
• 6.2 Help with FTP Servers