1. Using the
Windows command line connect to a FTP site
First here's some important commands we will use
bin
(Sets the file
transfer type to binary) dir
(Displays a list of
a remote directory's files and subdirectories) ls
(Displays an
abbreviated list of a remote directory's files and subdirectories) cd
(Changes to
the specified directory) get
file-name (Gets (Downloads) a file called
file-name) put file-name
(Puts (Uploads) a file called file-name) quit
(Quits the application)
In this example, I will do the following
Start a command shell
Navigate to my local computers Desktop directory
Connect to the FTP site at 192.168.10.67
Authenticate anonymously
Change to the binary transfer mode
Navigate to outgoing directory
Download a file called test.zip
Quit the applation
Here we go
Start, run, command or cmd
cd desktop
(If you can't do this, no sweat just note your current
directory as this is where your download will land)
ftp 192.168.10.67 (Provide user name and password as
requested In this case the User is anonymous, Password is any
email address)
bin
dir
cd outgoing
get test.zip
quit
2. How can I connect to a FTP site
using a browser?
Be careful, browsers may corrupt the download as they may not
understand the file format. This is especially true with IE
If the site has anonymous FTP you can simply type this in the URL thingy
ftp://ftpsite
If you want, you can specify the username and password as follows
ftp://username:password@ftpsite