FTP – File Transfer Protocol Maarja Kask

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FTP – File Transfer Protocol

Maarja Kask

ACTION PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONLEONARDO DA VINCI

PROJEKT NO.: 2002 LA 112 628 BILVOCLanguage Competence Through

Bilingual Teaching at Vocational Colleges

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FTP

An FTP server provides access to a collection of files.

Each file is identified by a server-defined username and a server-defined pathname.

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Anonymous logging

Many servers provide public files under the standard username anonymous.

Most of these servers demand a password, but allow any password that ends with @.

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4 possibilities for FTP

Graphic FTP programs(WsFTP, SSH Secure File Transfer Client)

FTP with browser

FTP in terminal’s window

FTP with e-mail

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SSH Secure File Transfer Client

Open program

Connect to remote host:type host’s name, your user nameand

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SSH Secure File Transfer Client

And you are connected!

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UploadingTo upload file from your computer to server right click on mouse in the folder you want file upload to.

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UploadingFind a file from your computer

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UploadingClick on Upload button.

And file is in the server!

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To download a fileTo download file from server to your computer right mouse click on the file.

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To download a file

Find place, where you want to put the file and click Download

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FTP with browser

protocol ftp ftp host

name

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If FTP folder view doesn’t appear

Meny Tools – Internet Options – Advanced –

Allow Folder view

OK and you can see!

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FTP in terminal’s window

Type to command line ftp

ftp archives name

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FTP in terminal’s window

Type user name

(here we log in anonymously)

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FTP in terminal’s window

Type password (you can’t see it)

press Enter

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FTP in terminal’s window

Appears line ftp>here you can write FTP commands like cd folder name to open a folder

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FTP in terminal’s window

or cd and all folders-subfolders

And Enter!

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FTP in terminal’s window

Command successful!

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FTP in terminal’s window

Now command get and file name you want to get

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FTP in terminal’s window

Binary transfer complete!

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FTP in terminal’s window

You can see the README file in home directory

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FTP in terminal’s windowTo disconnect command quit

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FTP with e-mail Mailftp’s address ftp commands in mail

body The same commands

as in terminal’s window, but all in sequence