FTP to local desktop

[raccess]

Hi,

I'm novice to Unix. How can i ftp file from Unitx to my local PC desktop.

Could someone tell me step by step commands to do this?

Thanks in Advance,

R

 

[SamBones]

1) On your PC, open a command window (Start->Run: cmd).

2) In the command window, type: [tt]ftp unixhostname[/tt]

3) Type your username when prompted. Type your password when prompted.

4) Use any of the following commands...

[tt]dir [/tt]Get directory of files on FTP server
[tt]cd <dir> [/tt]Change directory on server
[tt]get <file> [/tt]Get a file from server
[tt]bin [/tt]Set binary mode for binary files
[tt]bye [/tt]Log out and exit FTP

Those are the basics, but it should get you going.

Hope this helps.

 

[columb]

For the novice there are plenty of FTP wrapper programs - I use FileZilla which is open source and available on sourceforge but a quick search on Google will find lots more.

Columb Healy

 

[lgarner]

Open IE or another browser, type "ftp://servername".

 

[spamly]

I've got to recommend WinSCP. It's a great tool that I use all the time. Assuming you have ssh on your server (most do) you should be good to go.

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php