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TCPIP Services, FTP, Command Summary

 *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    To use FTP, enter the commands summarized below. For complete
    descriptions (including UNIX equivalents) of each command, type
    the following:

    $ FTP

    FTP>HELP

    Command               Description

    Starting and Exiting (At the DCL Prompt)

    FTP                   Invokes FTP
    FTP remote_host       Invokes FTP and establishes a connection to
                          a remote host

    Starting and Exiting (At the FTP> Prompt)

    CONNECT               Establishes a connection to a remote host
    DISCONNECT            Closes the connection with the remote host
    EXIT                  Closes the connection with the remote host
    Ctrl/Z                and exits FTP

    Sending Commands to the Remote Host

    APPEND                Appends a local file to a remote file
    CREATE/DIRECTORY      Creates a remote directory
    DELETE                Deletes remote files
    DIRECTORY             Lists remote file names and related
                          information
    GET                   Copies files from the remote host to the
                          local host
    LOGIN                 Logs you in to a remote host
    PUT                   Copies files from the local host to the
                          remote host
    RENAME                Renames remote files
    SET DEFAULT           Sets the remote working directory or the
                          local working directory
    SHOW DEFAULT          Displays the name of the current working
                          directory
    VIEW                  Displays the contents of a file on the
                          current output device.

    Suspending FTP to Return to DCL Prompt

    SPAWN                 Suspends FTP to create a subprocess at the
                          local DCL prompt

    Customizing Your Session's Environment

    DISABLE LOG           Disables the display of all the protocol
                          commands sent to the remote host
    DISABLE PARSE         Disables the expansion of file names
    DISABLE               Disables the sending of the FTP protocol
    PORT_COMMAND          PORT command
    DISABLE REPLY         Disables the display of all responses from
                          the remote host
    DISABLE               Disables the display of # for each 1K bytes
    TRANSFER_VERIFICATION of data transferred
    DISABLE               Disables the special OpenVMS-to-OpenVMS
    VMS_PLUS              transfer mode
    ENABLE LOG            Enables the display of all protocol
                          commands sent to the remote host
    ENABLE PARSE          Enables the expansion of file names
    ENABLE                Enables the sending of the FTP protocol
    PORT_COMMAND          PORT command
    ENABLE REPLY          Enables the display of all responses from
                          the remote host
    ENABLE                Enables the display of # for each 1K bytes
    TRANSFER_             of data transferred
    VERIFICATION
    ENABLE                Enables the special OpenVMS-to-OpenVMS
    VMS_PLUS              transfer mode
    HELP                  Invokes help
    QUOTE                 Sends FTP commands to the remote host
                          without local interpretation
    SET TYPE              Defines the data representation for file
                          transfers
    SHOW STATUS           Displays the current FTP parameter settings
                          and, if you have an open connect, the name
                          of the connected host
    SPAWN                 Spawns a subprocess at the DCL prompt
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