FTP with Bobcat

Ralf Mueller in Germany and I slapped together this way of using the
Eric Engele's freeware FTP included with WATTCP as an FTP with Bobcat. 
 It works, and is text mode so the blind can use talkers, but if sighted
you may prefer to use MINUET. See the Minuet directory for instructions 
where to download Minuet and how to install as a helper program.

On most systems, the FTP command is entered at the prompt, with 
the name or IP address of the target machine. For example, if your 
target is named "mymachine.foobar.com" and IP address is 192.17.20.22, then 
you might enter:

% ftp mymachine.foobar.com
or
% ftp 192.17.20.22

which generates a response like this:

Connected to 192.17.20.22.
220 PC Resident FTP server, ready
Name (192.17.20.22:timk):

Most FTP clients will now prompt you for your username and 
password. If you do not have a username and password try
anonymous for username and your email address as password.
 
 If you are  not prompted for username and 
password, then assume that you are logged in and continue with 
your FTP commands.



FTP Commands

For most FTPs, after FTP has been invoked and passwords have been 
checked, you are prompted for individual FTP commands.  These 
commands are also documented in the manuals for the host computer.  
Most of the FTP implementations have similar commands because they 
are modeled after the Berkeley UNIX version of FTP. 

Common FTP Commands

Command		Action

ascii		Sets mode to ASCII transfer mode (default)

binary		Sets mode to binary (image) transfer mode

cd path		Sets a new working directory on remote system

dir		Shows filenames in directory on remote system
		includes date stamp and file size

get filename	Retreives a file from Remote system to your computer

help		Shows online list of FTP commands

ls		List files ( names only) on the remote system
 
mput filename	Sends multiple files from your compter to remote system
		Use wildcard characters to send a set of files
put filename	Sends a file from your compter to remote system
		( you must have write permission)
 
pwd		Shows current Remote  directory name

quit		Exits FTP



ASCII, BINARY

The default mode for FTP transfers is ASCII format. If you are 
transferring graphics or binary data files, change to binary mode 
before you use the put or get commands. Do this by entering the 
command binary. To reset the ASCII format after sending a binary 
file, enter the command ascii.



de VE3LGS