Name
ftp
Synopsis
ftp [options
] [hostname
]
Transfers files to and from remote network site
hostname
. ftp
prompts
the user for a command. Type help
to see a list of
known commands, and use the help
command to view
help on a specific command.
The ftp
client included with Mac OS X supports
auto-fetch, which allows you to perform a download with a single
command line. To auto-fetch a file, supply its location as an
argument to ftp
in one of several formats:
ftp
[user
@
]host
:[path
][/
]ftp
[ftp://
[user
[:password
]@
]host
[:port
]/path
[/
]]ftp
[http://
[user
[:password
]@
]host
[:port
]/
path
]
Options
-
-A
Force active mode for use with older servers.
-
-a
Perform anonymous login automatically.
-
-d
Enable debugging.
-
-e
Disable command-line editing.
-
-f
Perform a forced reload of the cache. Useful when transferring through proxies.
-
-g
Disable filename globbing.
-
-i
Turn off interactive prompting.
-
-n
No autologin upon initial connection.
-
-o
pathname
Save file as
pathname
when auto-fetching.-
-p
Enable passive mode (the default).
-
-P
port
Specify alternate
port
number.-
-r
wait
Attempt to connect again after
wait
seconds if initial attempt fails.-
-R
When auto-fetching, resume incomplete transfers (if not transferring through a proxy).
-
-t
Enable packet tracing.
-
-T
direction
,maximum
[,increment
] Throttle transfer rates by specifying
direction
of transfer,maximum
transfer speed in bytes/second, and anincrement
value that allows changingmaximum
on the fly. Direction can beget
for incoming transfers,put
for outgoing ...
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