Name

login

Synopsis

$ftp ->([login[, passwd[, account]]])

Description

Logs user into an FTP server. Arguments are:

login

Login name. If not specified, defaults to anonymous or to the value in $HOME/.netrc.

passwd

Password. If not specified, defaults to the user’s email address or to the value in $HOME/.netrc.

account

Additional account information, for files on the FTP server that have special access restrictions.

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