From b76270bf9e6dd375e495fec92140a79a79415d27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 08:58:23 +0000 Subject: Slackware 13.1 Wed May 19 08:58:23 UTC 2010 Slackware 13.1 x86_64 stable is released! Lots of thanks are due -- see the RELEASE_NOTES and the rest of the ChangeLog for credits. The ISOs are on their way to replication, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We are taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com, and offering a discount if you sign up for a subscription. Consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Thanks again to the Slackware community for testing, contributing, and generally holding us to a high level of quality. :-) Enjoy! --- .../slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-ftp.html | 279 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 279 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-ftp.html (limited to 'misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-ftp.html') diff --git a/misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-ftp.html b/misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-ftp.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5b48f07 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-ftp.html @@ -0,0 +1,279 @@ + + + + +FTP Clients + + + + + + + + + +
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13.9 FTP Clients

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FTP stands for the File Transfer Protocol. It allows you to send and receive files +between two computers. There is the FTP server and the FTP client. We discuss the client +in this section.

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For the curious, the “client” is you. The “server” is the +computer that answers your FTP request and lets you login. You will download files from +and upload files to the server. The client cannot accept FTP connections, it can only +connect to servers.

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13.9.1 ftp

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To connect to an FTP server, simply run the ftp(1) command +and specify the host:

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If the host is running an FTP server, it will ask for a username and password. You can +log in as yourself or as “anonymous”. Anonymous FTP sites are very popular +for software archives. For example, to get Slackware Linux via FTP, you must use +anonymous FTP.

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Once connected, you will be at the ftp> prompt. There +are special commands for FTP, but they are similar to other standard commands. The +following shows some of the basic commands and what they do:

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lsList files
cd <dirname>Change directory
binSet binary transfer mode
asciiSet ASCII transfer mode
get <filename>Download a file
put <filename>Upload a file
hashToggle hash mark stats indicator
tickToggle byte counter indicator
promToggle interactive mode for downloads
mget <mask>Download a file or group of files; wildcards are allowed
mput <mask>Upload a file or group of files; wildcards are allowed
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You can also use some of the following commands which are quite self-explanatory: chmod, delete, rename, rmdir. For a complete list of all +commands and their meaning, just type help or ? and you'll see a complete listing on screen.

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FTP is a fairly simple program to use, but lacks the user interface that many of us +are used to nowadays. The man page discusses some of the command line options for ftp(1).

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+ftp> ls *.TXT
+200 PORT command successful.
+150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100         18606 Apr  6  2002 BOOTING.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100         10518 Jun 13  2002 COPYRIGHT.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100           602 Apr  6  2002 CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100         32431 Sep 29 02:56 FAQ.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100        499784 Mar  3 19:29 FILELIST.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100        241099 Mar  3 19:12 PACKAGES.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100         12339 Jun 19  2002 README81.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100         14826 Jun 17  2002 SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100         15434 Jun 17  2002 SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT
+-rw-r--r--   1 root     100          2876 Jun 17  2002 UPGRADE.TXT
+226 Transfer complete.
+ftp> tick
+Tick counter printing on (10240 bytes/tick increment).
+ftp> get README81.TXT
+local: README81.TXT remote: README81.TXT
+200 PORT command successful.
+150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for README81.TXT (12339 bytes).
+Bytes transferred: 12339
+226 Transfer complete.
+12339 bytes received in 0.208 secs (58 Kbytes/sec)
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13.9.2 ncftp

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ncftp(1) (pronounced "Nik-F-T-P") is an alternative to the +traditional ftp client that comes with Slackware. It is still a text-based program, but +offers many advantages over ftp, including:

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By default, ncftp will try to log in anonymously to the +server you specify. You can force ncftp to present a login +prompt with the “-u” option. Once logged in, you +can use the same commands as in ftp, only you'll notice a nicer +interface, one that works more like bash.

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+ncftp /pub/linux/slackware > cd slackware-current/
+Please read the file README81.TXT
+  it was last modified on Wed Jun 19 16:24:21 2002 - 258 days ago
+CWD command successful.
+ncftp ...ware/slackware-current > ls
+BOOTING.TXT               FAQ.TXT                   bootdisks/
+CHECKSUMS                 FILELIST.TXT              extra/
+CHECKSUMS.asc             GPG-KEY                   isolinux/
+CHECKSUMS.md5             PACKAGES.TXT              kernels/
+CHECKSUMS.md5.asc         PRERELEASE_NOTES          pasture/
+COPYING                   README81.TXT              rootdisks/
+COPYRIGHT.TXT             SPEEKUP_DOCS.TXT          slackware/
+CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT         SPEEK_INSTALL.TXT         source/
+CURRENT.WARNING           Slackware-HOWTO
+ChangeLog.txt             UPGRADE.TXT
+ncftp ...ware/slackware-current > get README81.TXT
+README81.TXT:                                           12.29 kB  307.07 kB/s
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