C Basics for Using FTP

The following are some of the basic commands for using FTP. Several systems have anonymous FTP available. In these cases, use anonymous as the username, and your E-mail address for the password.

binary

use binary file type for transfer (for files such as idlsave files, Yohkoh data files, ...)

prompt

toggle between interactive and non-interactive prompting (it is important to be non-interactive when using `mget')

cd

change default directory on the remote machine

lcd

change default directory on the local machine

get

copy one file from remote to local

mget

copy several files from remote to local

put

copy one file from local to remote