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System Administration Guide: Network Services

ProcedureHow to Copy Files From a Remote System (ftp)

  1. Change to a directory on the local system where you want the files from the remote system to be copied.


    $ cd target-directory

  2. Establish an ftp connection.

    See How to Open an ftp Connection to a Remote System.

  3. Change to the source directory.


    ftp> cd source-directory

    If your system is using the automounter, the home directory of the remote system's user appears parallel to yours, under /home.

  4. Ensure that you have read permission for the source files. 


    ftp> ls -l

  5. Set the transfer type to binary. 


    ftp> binary

  6. To copy a single file, use the get command. 


    ftp> get filename

  7. To copy multiple files at once, use the mget command. 


    ftp> mget filename [filename ...]

    You can supply a series of individual file names and you can use wildcard characters. The mget command copies each file individually, asking you for confirmation each time.

  8. Close the ftp connections. 


    ftp> bye
Example 29–6 Copying Files From a Remote System (ftp)

In this example, the user kryten opens an ftp connection to the system pluto, and uses the get command to copy a single file from the /tmp directory. 


$ cd $HOME
ftp pluto
Connected to pluto.
220 pluto FTP server (SunOS 5.8) ready.
Name (pluto:kryten): kryten
331 Password required for kryten.
Password: xxx
230 User kryten logged in.
ftp> cd /tmp
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (129.152.221.238,34344) 
(0 bytes).
dtdbcache_:0
filea
files
ps_data
speckeysd.lock
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
53 bytes received in 0.022 seconds (2.39 Kbytes/s)
ftp> get filea
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for filea (129.152.221.238,34331) 
(0 bytes).
221 Goodbye.

In this example, the same user kryten uses the mget command to copy a set of files from the /tmp directory to his home directory. Note that kryten can accept or reject individual files in the set.


$ ftp> cd /tmp
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls files
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (129.152.221.238,34345) 
(0 bytes).
fileb
filec
filed
remote: files
21 bytes received in 0.015 seconds (1.36 Kbytes/s)
ftp> cd files
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> mget file*
mget fileb? y
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for fileb (129.152.221.238,34347) 
(0 bytes).
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
mget filec? y
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for filec (129.152.221.238,34348) 
(0 bytes).
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
mget filed? y
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for filed (129.152.221.238,34351) 
(0 bytes).
226 ASCII Transfer complete.200 PORT command successful.
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.