FTP Help

[Herb Martin]

Recently there have been several questions about using FTP client and where
to get help -- this is poorly documented on NT-2003 BUT WAIT....

I actually found some decent help (not much but better than what I have
previously
seen -- command line switches and stuff) on the TivoHelp site:

http://tivohelp.swiki.net/6

Why here? Because (us) TiVo hackers need to FTP files to and from the TiVo
to customize, extend, and adapt it.

Below is a sample portion:
FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-w:windowsize] [-A] [host]

-v Suppresses display of remote server responses.
-n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection.
-i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers.
-d Enables debugging.
-g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command).
-s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands; the
commands will automatically run after FTP starts.
-a Use any local interface when binding data connection.
-A login as anonymous.
-w:buffersize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of 4096.
host Specifies the host name or IP address of the remote host to
connect to.

 

[Phil Robyn]

Recently there have been several questions about using FTP client and where
to get help -- this is poorly documented on NT-2003 BUT WAIT....

I actually found some decent help (not much but better than what I have
previously
seen -- command line switches and stuff) on the TivoHelp site:

http://tivohelp.swiki.net/6

Why here? Because (us) TiVo hackers need to FTP files to and from the TiVo
to customize, extend, and adapt it.

Below is a sample portion:
FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-w:windowsize] [-A] [host]

-v Suppresses display of remote server responses.
-n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection.
-i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers.
-d Enables debugging.
-g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command).
-s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands; the
commands will automatically run after FTP starts.
-a Use any local interface when binding data connection.
-A login as anonymous.
-w:buffersize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of 4096.
host Specifies the host name or IP address of the remote host to
connect to.

This is exactly what you see when you type 'FTP -?' at the CMD prompt.

 

[Herb Martin]

This is exactly what you see when you type 'FTP -?' at the CMD prompt.

There's more at the site -- and as to this I must admit that I have been
typing either /? or /help as is normal for a MICROSOFT built command.
<grin>

While -? is common in UNIX, Microsoft almost always supports their
standward help switches.

--
Herb Martin

Recently there have been several questions about using FTP client and where
to get help -- this is poorly documented on NT-2003 BUT WAIT....

I actually found some decent help (not much but better than what I have
previously
seen -- command line switches and stuff) on the TivoHelp site:

http://tivohelp.swiki.net/6

Why here? Because (us) TiVo hackers need to FTP files to and from the TiVo
to customize, extend, and adapt it.

Below is a sample portion:
FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-w:windowsize] [-A] [host]

-v Suppresses display of remote server responses.
-n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection.
-i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers.
-d Enables debugging.
-g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command).
-s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands; the
commands will automatically run after FTP starts.
-a Use any local interface when binding data connection.
-A login as anonymous.
-w:buffersize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of 4096.
host Specifies the host name or IP address of the remote host to
connect to.

This is exactly what you see when you type 'FTP -?' at the CMD prompt.

--
Phil Robyn
Univ. of California, Berkeley

u n z i p m y a d d r e s s t o s e n d e - m a i l

 

[Mark V]

There's more at the site -- and as to this I must admit that I
have been typing either /? or /help as is normal for a MICROSOFT
built command. <grin>

While -? is common in UNIX, Microsoft almost always supports their
standward help switches.

Some few c/l utils. were ported from or originated in Nix-land and have
retained the "-" switch character. It's always worth a try with
-? -h -help --help
More often true with non-MS "ported" Nix programs.
Sometimes it works!

 

[Ray at]

Yes, TiVo! I just got two more of them last month. :]

Ray at work

 

[Herb Martin]

Yes, TiVo! I just got two more of them last month. :]

I love the fact that is is Hackable and extendable with pretty much
standard hardware.

We've got a Network card and 200 hours in ours now. (That it is Linux
is ok.)

Now it has Telnet server, FTP server, a Web server (you can browse it
from the other machines in the house), and more tools.

To do: make it a Pop client so that it can get "real email" and fix up a
YAC caller ID on it so that incoming calls on all our telephones will ID
right on the current screen.

 

[Phil Robyn]

There's more at the site -- and as to this I must admit that I have been
typing either /? or /help as is normal for a MICROSOFT built command.
<grin>

While -? is common in UNIX, Microsoft almost always supports their
standward help switches.

Microsoft??? Try this:

findstr "California" c:\winnt\system32\ftp.exe

;-)