Listing 1: Transferring files between DOS and Unix systems.

A. General DOS file name format:

B. Sample session:

sun1.imbi:/h/eble$ ftp dat2
Connected to da2.imbi.uni-freiburg.de.
220 PC Resident FTP 2.2TN/TC-D server, ready 
Name (da2:eble): 
331 Password required. 
Password:
230 User logged in 
ftp> pwd
257 "C:\U" is the current directory
ftp> cd a:
250 Chdir okay
ftp> dir
200 Command Accepted 
150 Opening connection 
s10a 16246 02-20-94 23:08
.. [listing shortened]
993280 Bytes Available
226 Transfer complete 
916 bytes received in 2 seconds (0.44 Kbytes/s)
ftp> put cart-sourcecode.tar_gz
200 Command Accepted 
150 Opening connection 
226 Transfer complete 
local: cart-sourcecode.tar_gz remote: cart-sourcecode.tar_gz
263806 bytes sent in 9.7 seconds (27 Kbytes/s)
ftp> dir
200 Command Accepted 
150 Opening connection 
s10a 16246 02-20-94 23:08
.. [listing shortened]
cart-sou.tar 263806 04-19-94 13:47
729088 Bytes Available
226 Transfer complete 
958 bytes received in 0.32 seconds (2.9 Kbytes/s)
ftp> [cursor]

Listing 2: Transferring files between MacOS and Unix systems.

A. General format for a MacOS file name:

volume:directory:filename

B. Sample session:

ftp> dir
200 This space intentionally left blank < > 
150 Opening connection
Desktop Folder/
The Beauty of Fractals Lab/
226 Transfer complete
394 bytes received in 1.7 seconds (0.23 Kbytes/s)
ftp> cd "The Beauty of Fractals Lab"
250 Chdir okay
ftp> dir
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
Demos/
Old Demos/
The Beauty of Fractals Lab
226 Transfer complete
48 bytes received in 0.31 seconds (0.15 Kbytes/s)
ftp> cd "Old Demos"
250 Chdir okay
ftp> dir
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
Demo1
Demo2
Demo3
226 Transfer complete
21 bytes received in 0.31 seconds (0.067 Kbytes/s)
ftp> bin
200 Type set to I, binary transfer mode [macbinary disabled]
ftp> get Demo1
200 This space intentionally left blank < >
150 Opening connection
226 Transfer complete
local: Demo1 remote: Demo1
856 bytes received in 0.028 seconds (30 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye

Listing 3: Transferring files between VMS and Unix systems.

A. General VMS file name format:

node::device:[directory]name.extension;version

B. Typical listing of a directory on a VMS file system:

ftp> dir *.raw
200 Port 132,230,17,201,6,29 Okay.
125 File status okay; about to open data connection.
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]1MEBRHT.RAW;1 17/18 1-FEB-1994 15:14
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]1MECLH1.RAW;1 17/18 1-FEB-1994 15:14
..
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]ZSSN.RAW;1 17/18 2-NOV-1993 16:11
226 Closing data connection.
remote: *.raw
32554 bytes received in 2.8 seconds (11 Kbytes/s)
ftp> [cursor]

C. Changing directories:

ftp> dir *.dir
200 Port 132,230,17,201,6,35 Okay.
125 File status okay; about to open data connection.
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]FILETRANS.DIR;1 1/3 24-JUN-1993 20:40
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]JUST.DIR;1 4/6 24-JUN-1993 20:40
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]KALT.DIR;1 1/3 24-AUG-1993 14:10
DUA0:[ROHDATEN]ZIADI.DIR;1 3/3 30-JUN-1993 14:46
226 Closing data connection.
remote: *.dir
328 bytes received in 0.0073 seconds (44 Kbytes/s)
ftp> cd filetrans
550 Requested action not taken. File not found.
ftp> cd [.filetrans]
250 Requested file action okay, completed.
ftp> cd ..
553-Requested action not taken.
553 Error in directory name
ftp> cd [..]
553-Requested action not taken.
553 Error in directory name
ftp> cdup
200 Command Okay.
ftp> [cursor]

D. Translating characters in the retrieved file name:

ftp> ntrans ;[]: .
ftp> get DUA0:[ROHDATEN]ZSSN.RMB;1
200 Port 132,230,30,82,5,220 Okay.
125 File status okay; about to open data connection.
226 Closing data connection.
local: DUA0ROHDATENZSSN.RMB.1 remote: DUA0:[ROHDATEN]ZSSN.RMB;1
8772 bytes received in 1.4 seconds (5.9 Kbytes/s)
ftp> [cursor]

Listing 4: A file transfer by proxy.

ftp> open ftp.ruf
Connected to sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de.
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:220 sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de FTP server
(UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0) ready.
Name (ftp.ruf:eble): ftp
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> proxy open orion.informatik
Connected to orion.informatik.uni-freiburg.de.
220 orion FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
331 Password required for eble.
Password:
230 User eble logged in.
ftp> proxy pwd
orion.informatik.uni-freiburg.de:257 "/home/vega3/eble" is current directory.
ftp> pwd
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:257 "/" is current directory.
ftp> proxy get see.also
orion.informatik.uni-freiburg.de:227 Entering Passive Mode
(132,230,17,200,5,206)
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:200 PORT command successful.
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:150 ASCII data connection for see.also
(132.230.17.200,1486) (452 bytes).
orion.informatik.uni-freiburg.de:150 ASCII data connection for
see.also (132.230.1.2,20).
orion.informatik.uni-freiburg.de:226 ASCII Transfer complete.
sun2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de:226 ASCII Transfer complete.
local: see.also remote: see.also
ftp> [cursor]