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+<div class="SECT1">
+<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-FTP"
+name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-FTP">13.9 FTP Clients</a></h1>
+
+<p>FTP stands for the File Transfer Protocol. It allows you to send and receive files
+between two computers. There is the FTP server and the FTP client. We discuss the client
+in this section.</p>
+
+<p>For the curious, the &#8220;client&#8221; is you. The &#8220;server&#8221; is the
+computer that answers your FTP request and lets you login. You will download files from
+and upload files to the server. The client cannot accept FTP connections, it can only
+connect to servers.</p>
+
+<div class="SECT2">
+<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4871" name="AEN4871">13.9.1 <tt
+class="COMMAND">ftp</tt></a></h2>
+
+<p>To connect to an FTP server, simply run the <tt class="COMMAND">ftp</tt>(1) command
+and specify the host:</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">ftp &lt;hostname&gt; [port]</kbd>
+</pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p>If the host is running an FTP server, it will ask for a username and password. You can
+log in as yourself or as &#8220;anonymous&#8221;. Anonymous FTP sites are very popular
+for software archives. For example, to get Slackware Linux via FTP, you must use
+anonymous FTP.</p>
+
+<p>Once connected, you will be at the <var class="LITERAL">ftp&gt;</var> prompt. There
+are special commands for FTP, but they are similar to other standard commands. The
+following shows some of the basic commands and what they do:</p>
+
+<div class="TABLE"><a id="AEN4883" name="AEN4883"></a>
+<p><b>Table 13-1. <tt class="COMMAND">ftp</tt> commands</b></p>
+
+<table border="0" frame="void" class="CALSTABLE">
+<col width="1*" />
+<col width="3*" />
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Command</th>
+<th>Purpose</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">ls</tt></td>
+<td>List files</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">cd &lt;dirname&gt;</tt></td>
+<td>Change directory</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">bin</tt></td>
+<td>Set binary transfer mode</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">ascii</tt></td>
+<td>Set ASCII transfer mode</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">get &lt;filename&gt;</tt></td>
+<td>Download a file</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">put &lt;filename&gt;</tt></td>
+<td>Upload a file</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">hash</tt></td>
+<td>Toggle hash mark stats indicator</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">tick</tt></td>
+<td>Toggle byte counter indicator</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">prom</tt></td>
+<td>Toggle interactive mode for downloads</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">mget &lt;mask&gt;</tt></td>
+<td>Download a file or group of files; wildcards are allowed</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">mput &lt;mask&gt;</tt></td>
+<td>Upload a file or group of files; wildcards are allowed</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td><tt class="COMMAND">quit</tt></td>
+<td>Log off the FTP server</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<p>You can also use some of the following commands which are quite self-explanatory: <tt
+class="COMMAND">chmod</tt>, <tt class="COMMAND">delete</tt>, <tt
+class="COMMAND">rename</tt>, <tt class="COMMAND">rmdir</tt>. For a complete list of all
+commands and their meaning, just type <kbd class="USERINPUT">help</kbd> or <kbd
+class="USERINPUT">?</kbd> and you'll see a complete listing on screen.</p>
+
+<p>FTP is a fairly simple program to use, but lacks the user interface that many of us
+are used to nowadays. The man page discusses some of the command line options for <tt
+class="COMMAND">ftp</tt>(1).</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+ftp&#62; <kbd class="USERINPUT">ls *.TXT</kbd>
+200 PORT command successful.
+150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 18606 Apr 6 2002 BOOTING.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 10518 Jun 13 2002 COPYRIGHT.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 602 Apr 6 2002 CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 32431 Sep 29 02:56 FAQ.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 499784 Mar 3 19:29 FILELIST.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 241099 Mar 3 19:12 PACKAGES.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 12339 Jun 19 2002 README81.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 14826 Jun 17 2002 SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 15434 Jun 17 2002 SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root 100 2876 Jun 17 2002 UPGRADE.TXT
+226 Transfer complete.
+ftp&#62; <kbd class="USERINPUT">tick</kbd>
+Tick counter printing on (10240 bytes/tick increment).
+ftp&#62; <kbd class="USERINPUT">get README81.TXT</kbd>
+local: README81.TXT remote: README81.TXT
+200 PORT command successful.
+150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for README81.TXT (12339 bytes).
+Bytes transferred: 12339
+226 Transfer complete.
+12339 bytes received in 0.208 secs (58 Kbytes/sec)
+</pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<div class="SECT2">
+<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-FTP-NCFTP"
+name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-FTP-NCFTP">13.9.2 <tt class="COMMAND">ncftp</tt></a></h2>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">ncftp</tt>(1) (pronounced "Nik-F-T-P") is an alternative to the
+traditional ftp client that comes with Slackware. It is still a text-based program, but
+offers many advantages over <tt class="COMMAND">ftp</tt>, including:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Tab completion</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Bookmarks file</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>More liberal wildcard uses</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Command history</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>By default, <tt class="COMMAND">ncftp</tt> will try to log in anonymously to the
+server you specify. You can force <tt class="COMMAND">ncftp</tt> to present a login
+prompt with the &#8220;<var class="OPTION">-u</var>&#8221; option. Once logged in, you
+can use the same commands as in <tt class="COMMAND">ftp</tt>, only you'll notice a nicer
+interface, one that works more like <tt class="COMMAND">bash</tt>.</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+ncftp /pub/linux/slackware &#62; <kbd class="USERINPUT">cd slackware-current/</kbd>
+Please read the file README81.TXT
+ it was last modified on Wed Jun 19 16:24:21 2002 - 258 days ago
+CWD command successful.
+ncftp ...ware/slackware-current &#62; <kbd class="USERINPUT">ls</kbd>
+BOOTING.TXT FAQ.TXT bootdisks/
+CHECKSUMS FILELIST.TXT extra/
+CHECKSUMS.asc GPG-KEY isolinux/
+CHECKSUMS.md5 PACKAGES.TXT kernels/
+CHECKSUMS.md5.asc PRERELEASE_NOTES pasture/
+COPYING README81.TXT rootdisks/
+COPYRIGHT.TXT SPEEKUP_DOCS.TXT slackware/
+CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT SPEEK_INSTALL.TXT source/
+CURRENT.WARNING Slackware-HOWTO
+ChangeLog.txt UPGRADE.TXT
+ncftp ...ware/slackware-current &#62; <kbd class="USERINPUT">get README81.TXT</kbd>
+README81.TXT: 12.29 kB 307.07 kB/s
+</pre>
+</td>
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