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Posting Personal Web Pages on AlaNet
Windows 95 FTP Client Command Reference
This is NOT a complete list of the available commands. Some commands have
been omitted because they are not used very much or are too technical for this tutorial.
The listed commands are in alphabetical order.
Also look at example code for common tasks.
| Command: |
! |
| Syntax: |
! |
| Description: |
Go back to DOS or Windows/Exit FTP |
| Example: |
! |
| Command: |
? |
| Syntax: |
?
? command |
| Description: |
Display FTP Client help. ? displays a list of commands. ? command
displays a description about that command. |
| Example: |
? mkdir |
| Command: |
append |
| Syntax: |
append source-filename destination-filename |
| Description: |
Appends the contents of source-filename to destination-filename. |
| Example: |
append myfile.txt index.html |
| Command: |
ascii |
| Syntax: |
ascii |
| Description: |
Set transfer mode to ascii text mode. You need to specify this before transferring
text based files (HTML, text, etc). |
| Example: |
ascii |
| Command: |
bell |
| Syntax: |
bell |
| Description: |
Turn on or off bell mode. When bell mode is on, a bell will sound when a command is
finished executing. |
| Example: |
bell |
| Command: |
binary |
| Syntax: |
binary |
| Description: |
Set transfer mode to binary. A binary file is any besides a text based file. Graphics,
audio, video, several wordprocessor files, etc are usually binary files. |
| Example: |
binary |
| Command: |
bye |
| Syntax: |
bye |
| Description: |
Quit FTP and go back to DOS or Windows |
| Example: |
bye |
| Command: |
cd |
| Syntax: |
cd directory-name |
| Description: |
Change remote directory. This is the directory on the server. |
| Example: |
cd .. (change to parent directory)
cd public_html (change to public_html directory) |
| Command: |
close |
| Syntax: |
close |
| Description: |
Terminates current FTP connection, but does not exit to DOS/Windows. You can actually
use the open command to open another connection. |
| Example: |
close |
| Command: |
delete |
| Syntax: |
delete file-name |
| Description: |
Delete a file on the server. |
| Example: |
delete oldfile.html |
| Command: |
debug |
| Syntax: |
debug |
| Description: |
Turn on/off debugging mode. When debugging mode is on, commands to the server are
echoed while they are being executed. |
| Example: |
debug |
| Command: |
dir |
| Syntax: |
dir
dir directory-name |
| Description: |
First syntax gives the listing of the current remote (server) directory. The second
syntax gives the directory listing for the specified directory-name on the server. |
| Example: |
dir
dir public_html |
| Command: |
disconnect |
| Syntax: |
disconnect |
| Description: |
Terminates current FTP connection, but does not exit to DOS/Windows. You can actually
use the open command to open another connection. It basically does the same thing as the
close command. |
| Example: |
disconnect |
| Command: |
get |
| Syntax: |
get source-file-name
get source-file-name destination-file-name |
| Description: |
Retrieve a file from the server. The file will be saved to the current local directory
(your computer). The first syntax will retrieve the source-file-name from the server and
save the file with the same to the local computer. The second syntax will allow you to
specify the name of the saved file on your harddrive. |
| Example: |
get index.html
get index.html index.bak |
| Command: |
help |
| Syntax: |
help
help command |
| Description: |
Does the same thing as ? |
| Example: |
help
help mkdir |
| Command: |
lcd |
| Syntax: |
lcd
lcd directory-name |
| Description: |
Change local working directory (your computer). First syntax simply returns the name
of the current local directory. The second syntax will change the local working directory
to the specified directory-name. |
| Example: |
lcd
lcd c:\mywebsite |
| Command: |
mdelete |
| Syntax: |
mdelete file1 file2 ... etc. |
| Description: |
Delete multiple files. You can list all the files you want to delete -- each filename
must be separated by a single space. File names can contain wild characters for matching a
large number of files. NOTE: If you have prompt turned on, then it |
| Example: |
mdelete index.old index.back oldgraphic.gif
mdelete *.*
mdelete *.gif *.html |
| Command: |
mget |
| Syntax: |
mget file1 file2 file3 etc... |
| Description: |
Retrieve multiple files. You can list all the files you want to retrieve -- each file
name must be separated by a single space. File names can contain wild characters for
matching a large number of files. The files will be saved with the same name on the local
computer in the current local working directory. NOTE: If prompt is turned on, FTP will
ask you to confirm each file to retrieve. |
| Example: |
mget index.html mypict.gif logo.jpg
mget *.*
mget *.jpg *.gif |
| Command: |
mkdir |
| Syntax: |
mkdir directory-name |
| Description: |
Creates a directory on the server (remote computer). |
| Example: |
mkdir public_html |
| Command: |
mput |
| Syntax: |
mput file1 file2 file3 etc... |
| Description: |
Send (upload) multiple files. You can list all the files you want to send -- each file
name must be separated by a single space. File names can contain wild characters for
matching a large number of files. The files will be saved with the same name on the remote
computer in the current working directory. NOTE: If prompt is turned on, FTP will ask you
to confirm each file to send. |
| Example: |
mput index.html main.gif logo.jpg
mput *.*
mput *.gif *.html |
| Command: |
open |
| Syntax: |
open
open ftp-server-name |
| Description: |
Open an FTP session (connection). The first syntax will prompt you for the
ftp-server-name, while they second syntax specifies this information in the command. |
| Example: |
open downtown.ala.net |
| Command: |
prompt |
| Syntax: |
prompt |
| Description: |
Turns on/off prompting for multiple commands (mput, mget, mdelete). Default action is
on. This means that FTP will ask you to confirm each file that being deleted, sent, or
recieved by mdelete, mput, and mget commands (respectively). |
| Example: |
prompt |
| Command: |
put |
| Syntax: |
put source-file
put source-file destination-file |
| Description: |
Sends or uploads one file. The first syntax will send the source-file from the
local current directory (your computer) to the current working remote directory (server)
and save the file with the same name. The second syntax does the same except it will save
the file as destination-file on the server. This is like uploading the file and
then renaming it on the server in one command. |
| Example: |
put logo.gif
put index.htm index.html |
| Command: |
pwd |
| Syntax: |
pwd |
| Description: |
Print Working Directory. This displays the path or directory of the current working
directory on the remote computer (server). The current working directory is the directory
that all file transfer commands (get, put, send, recv, delete, mput, mget, mdelete) work
with (or in relation to). |
| Example: |
pwd |
| Command: |
quit |
| Syntax: |
quit |
| Description: |
Terminate current FTP session and go back to DOS or Windows. Does the same thing as
the ! command. |
| Example: |
quit |
| Command: |
recv |
| Syntax: |
recv source-file
recv source-file destination-file |
| Description: |
Recieves one file. Does the same thing as the get command. |
| Example: |
recv logo.gif
recv index.html index.htm |
| Command: |
rename |
| Syntax: |
rename old-filename new-filename |
| Description: |
Renames a file from old-filename to new-filename on the remote computer
(server). |
| Example: |
rename index.htm index.html |
| Command: |
rmdir |
| Syntax: |
rmdir directory-name |
| Description: |
Remove (delete) a directory on the remote computer (server). This requires that the
directory first be empty (no files within the directory) before it can be removed. |
| Example: |
rmdir testdir |
| Command: |
send |
| Syntax: |
send source-file
send source-file destination-file |
| Description: |
Sends one file to the server. Does the same thing as the put command. |
| Example: |
send myfile.html
send myfile.html newname.html |
Last Updated: Thursday, March 25, 1999
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