tar.bz2 File on Linux mget *.cĭepending on the permissions that have been granted to your FTP account you might be able to upload (or “put”) files to the server. Because of this, collections of related files are usually stored on ftp sites as single tar.gz or tar.bz2 files. This would be tedious for a great number of files. Respond by pressing “y” for yes and “n” for no.
The mget command will ask you to confirm whether you want to download each file in turn. If you want to use/execute a program via terminal only in your. To retrieve multiple files at once, use the mget (multiple get) command. Once you’ve identified the current PATH entries, you can now set the PATH for any program. The size of the file and the time it took to transfer are also shown. The FTP server responds by transferring the file to the local computer and confirming the transfer took place. They type get, a space, and then the name of the file they wish to retrieve. Our user, therefore, issues the command get gc.c.
The command to retrieve (or “get”) a file is get.
His computer is the “local computer” in FTP parlance. Our user sees the file gc.c is on the FTP server, and he wants to download it to his own computer. You will be presented with the ftp> prompt.įirst, you’ll probably want to get a listing of the files on the FTP server.
If your FTP user account name and password combination are verified by the FTP server, you are then logged into the FTP server. Your password is not displayed on the screen. You will be prompted to enter your password for the FTP site. If your Linux user name and the FTP account name are different, type in the FTP account user name and then press Enter. This will use your Linux user name as the account name on the FTP server. If your account name on the FTP server is the same as your Linux user name, simply press the Enter key. Notice that the IP address of the site you’re connecting to is displayed, followed by your Linux user name. It then asks for the username of the account you are logging into. The wording of the greeting will vary from server to server. The FTP server responds with a welcome message. Use the sftp command, covered below, for transferring files over the internet. Warning: You should only use the ftp command to connect to servers on a trusted local network.