Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch Switch User Manual


 
Loading Software onto the Switch Managing System Files
page 2-22 OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide March 2005
4 After logging in, you will receive the ftp-> prompt. You may enter a question mark (?) to view
available FTP commands as shown here.
ftp->?
Supported commands:
ascii binary bye cd delete
dir get help hash ls
put pwd quit remotehelp user
lpwd mput mget prompt !ls
lcd user
These are industry standard FTP commands. Their definitions are given in the following table.
If you lose communications while running FTP, you may receive a message similar to the following:
Waiting for reply (Hit ^C to abort)...........
In this case you can press Crtl-C to abort the session or wait until the communication failure is resolved
and the FTP transfer can continue.
Note. You must use the binary mode (bin) to transfer files via FTP.
ascii Set transfer type to ASCII (7-bit).
binary Set transfer type to binary (8-bit).
bye Close session gracefully.
cd Change to a new directory on the remote machine.
delete Delete a file on the remote machine.
dir Obtain a long listing on the remote machine.
get Retrieve a file from the remote machine.
hash Print the hash symbol (#) for every block of data transferred. (This com-
mand toggles hash enabling and disabling.)
help Displays a list of FTP commands and their definitions.
ls Display summary listing of the current directory on the remote host.
put Send a file to the remote machine.
pwd Display the current working directory on the remote host.
quit Close session gracefully.
remotehelp List the commands that the remote FTP server supports.
user Send new user information.
lpwd Display the current working directory on the local host.
mput Allows for the transfer of multiple files out of the local machine.
mget Allows for the transfer of multiple files into the local machine.
prompt Toggles the query for use with the mput and mget commands.
!ls Lists the contents (files and directories) of the local directory.
lcd Change to a new local directory
user Sends new user information.