FTP Session Example
FTP is the reliable workhorse of file and document transfer protocols. This is an example of a simple File Transfer Protocol session. We support a wide range of FTP connectivity options not shown here, such as SFTP, OFTP and OFTP2. Our technical support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer any questions and support your communication protocol needs.
Basic FTP Commands
| ls | lists the files in the current remote directory |
| help | requests a list of the available FTP commands |
| get | copies a file from the remote computer to the local computer |
| put | copies a file from the local computer to the remote computer |
| bye | lists the files in the current remote directory |
| ascii | sets the mode of the file transfer to ASCII (default mode) |
| binary | sets the mode of the file transfer to binary |
Step 1: Connect to Kleinschmidt
Using your FTP software, FTP to Kleinschmidt at:
FTP.KLEINSCHMIDT.COM
a banner similar to the following will be displayed:
| FTP Client — COPYRIGHT TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED Connecting to ftp.kleinschmidt.com.….….Established. 220 Kleinschmidt EDI FTP server ready. Name (ftp.kleinschmidt.com:user): |
Step 2: Login to Kleinschmidt
At the prompt, enter your login ID
Name (ftp.kleinschmidt.com:user): loginID
you will then be prompted for your password:
| 331 Password required. Password: |
Enter your password
Password: password
you will receive confirmation that you are logged in:
| 230 User logged in, proceed. ftp> |
Step 3: Send Data to Kleinschmidt
At the prompt, enter an ftp put command and the name of the file you wish to transmit
ftp> put filename
you will receive confirmation that your file has been transferred:
| 200 PORT Command Successful 150 Opening Data connection 226 Transfer Complete. local: filename remote: filename XXX bytes sent in X.X seconds (XX.XX Kbytes/s) ftp> |
Step 4: (Optional) List the Mailboxes/Files in your Directory
at the prompt, enter an ftp ls command
ftp> ls
you will receive a list of the mailboxes/files in the directory:
| 200 PORT Command Successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection. mailboxname mailboxname.prior 226 Transfer Complete. X bytes received in X.X seconds ( XX.XX Kbytes/s) ftp> |
Step 5: Retrieve a Mailbox/File
at the prompt, enter an ftp get command and the name of the mailbox/file you wish to retrieve
ftp> get mailbox/filename
you will receive confirmation that your file has been transferred:
| 200 PORT Command Successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection. 226 Transfer Complete. local: mailbox/filename remote: mailbox/filename XXX bytes received in X.X seconds ( XX.XX Kbytes/s) ftp> |
Step 6: Close the Connection
at the prompt, enter an ftp bye command
ftp> bye
you will receive confirmation that you are logged off:
| 221 Goodbye. |