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FTP Protocol Tutorial - Commands
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FTP Tutorial

This tutorial is under active development and is therefore not yet complete.
Last updated September 13th 2005

  • ABOR - abort a file transfer
  • ACCT - send account information 
  • APPE  - append to a remote file 
  • CDUP -  CWD to the parent of the current directory 
  • CWD  - change working directory
  • HELP - return help on using the server 
  • DELE - delete a remote file 
  • LIST - list remote files 
  • MDTM - return the modification time of a file 
  • MKD - make a remote directory 
  • MODE - set transfer mode 
  • NLST - name list of remote directory 
  • NOOP - do nothing 
  • PASS - send password 
  • PASV - enter passive mode 
  • PORT - open a data port 
  • PWD - print working directory 
  • QUIT - terminate the connection 
  • RETR - retrieve a remote file 
  • REIN - reinitialize the connection 
  • RMD - remove a remote directory 
  • RNFR - rename from 
  • RNTO - rename to 
  • STAT - return server status 
  • SITE - site-specific commands 
  • SIZE - return the size of a file 
  • STOR - store a file on the remote host 
  • STOU - store a file uniquely 
  • STRU - set file transfer structure 
  • SYST - return system type
  • TYPE - set transfer type 
  • USER - send username


 

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