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7. Operation and Maintenance
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Procedure
To initiate an FTP session:
1. Start the FTP client program on your host. For example, on a UNIX host,
type
ftp
, followed by the FrameSaver unit’s IP address.
2. If a login and password are required (see
Creating a Login
in Chapter 6,
Security and Logins
), you are prompted to enter them. If not, press Enter.
The FTP prompt appears.
The starting directory is the root directory (/). Use standard FTP commands
during the FTP session, as well as the following remote FTP commands.
Command Definition
cd
directory
Change the current directory on the FrameSaver node to the
specified
directory
.
dir [
directory
] Print a listing of the directory contents in the specified
directory
.
If no directory is specified, the current one is used.
get
file1
[
file2
] Copy a file from the remote directory of the FrameSaver node to
the local directory on the host (for configuration files only).
remotehelp
[
command
]
Print the meaning of the command. If no argument is given, a
list of all known commands is printed.
ls [
directory
] Print an abbreviated list of the specified directory’s contents. If
no directory is specified, the current one is used.
put
file1
[
file2
] Copy
file1
from a local directory on the host to
file 2
in the
current directory of the FrameSaver node. If
file2
is not
specified, the file will be named
file1
on the FrameSaver node.
recv
file1
[
file 2
] Same as a
get
.
send
file1
[
file 2
] Same as a
put
.
pwd Print the name of the current directory of the FrameSaver unit
node.
bin Places the FTP session in binary-transfer mode.