The ftp Command

This section deals with how to use InterNet ftp. Firstly, a connection must be made with an InterNet host, using the open command. The following dialogue illustrates this, note that data typed by the user is in bold.

guest_ftp> ftp ftp> open vax.bbn.com Connected to vax.bbn.com. 220 bbn-vax FTP server (Version 4.87 Thu Jul 12 18:59:05 EDT 1984) ready. Name (vax.bbn.com:): fred Password (vax.bbn.com:fred): password 331 Password required for fred. 230 User fred logged in. ftp>


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