File Transfer Protocol
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a protocol used to
transfer files over the internet. For example when we download a file from
Internet we are transferring the file from a remote computer to our own
computer. Transferring files from a client computer to a remote computer is a
called as “uploading” and transferring from a remote computer to a client
computer is called as “downloading”. A file transfer takes place in the
following manner.
1 A user executes the ftp command on his local computer,
specifying the address of the remote computer as a parameter.
2 An FTP process running on the user’s computer
establishes a connection with an FTP process running on the remote computer.
3 The user is then promoted for login name and password
to ensure that the user is allowed to access the remote computer.
4 After successful login, the desired file or files are
downloaded using get command and uploaded using put command.
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