Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
FTP Client Program Standard Commands
This section describes standard commands of FTP client programs.
If you are using a FTP client program with a graphical user interface, you click icons and links on the client program window to access a FTP server and download or upload files.
If you are using a FTP client program with a command line user interface, you need FTP client commands to access a FTP server and download or upload files. Here are some useful commands supported by most FTP client programs:
The "help" command will give a list of all available commands like this:
ftp> help Commands may be abbreviated. Commands are: ! delete literal prompt send ? debug ls put status append dir mdelete pwd trace ascii disconnect mdir quit type bell get mget quote user binary glob mkdir recv verbose bye hash mls remotehelp cd help mput rename close lcd open rmdir
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2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy
1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
1972 - C Language Developed by Dennis Ritchie
►1971 - FTP Protocol Created by Abhay Bhushan
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1970 - UNIX Operating System Developed by AT&T Bell Labs