Change to a directory on the local system where you want the files from the remote system to be copied.
$ cd target-directory |
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.
Ensure that you have read permission for the source files.
ftp> ls -l |
Set the transfer type to binary.
ftp> binary |
To copy a single file, use the get command.
ftp> get filename |
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.
Close the ftp connections.
ftp> bye |
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. |