ftp - How to navigate folders?

[Guest]

Hello Group,

I am using standard Windows 2000 ftp to connect to another Windows server.
The default ftp site directory on the other server is F:\Temp

How do I navigate to a different folder on a different drive? example:
C:\Download or D:\Temp\users

From the ftp> prompt, I have tried:


c:
cd c:
cd c:\Download

but these don't work. I get an error that says "c:: The filename,
directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

Thanks for any help.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Suhas" <[email protected]>

| Hello Group,
|
| I am using standard Windows 2000 ftp to connect to another Windows server.
| The default ftp site directory on the other server is F:\Temp
|
| How do I navigate to a different folder on a different drive? example:
| C:\Download or D:\Temp\users
|
| From the ftp> prompt, I have tried:
|
| c:
| cd c:
| cd c:\Download
|
| but these don't work. I get an error that says "c:: The filename,
| directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
|
| Thanks for any help.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ftp.mspx

 

[Guest]

I looked at the ftp documentation and help, but it still does not tell me how
to navigate folders. The help for the command "cd" says: cd RemoteDirectory,
but there are no examples. I can naviagte for the sub-folders under F:\Temp,
but am trying to figure out how to go to C:\Download (for example).

Thanks for any help.

 

[Micha2505]

I would try

cd \c
c:\ cd \documents

Typically if you are already one the c drive at the beginning(c:\ as
seen above) of the command all you need to do is type the cd \*.

If that does not work type dir and see what the exact path is.

 

[Guest]

Tried, but no luck yet.

cd \c gives me: "550 /c: The system cannot find the file specified."

 

[Enkidu]

Hi Suhas,

You can only navigate within the ftp root directory
(F:\temp) unless there are 'virtual directories' set up in
the FTP server which point to folders outside the ftp root.

EG, on the server right click the SMTP server, select new,
virtual directory, and follow the prompts. eg give it a name
'cdrive' then browse to the C:\drive....

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Guest]

thanks cliff, that worked perfectly!!

Hi Suhas,

You can only navigate within the ftp root directory
(F:\temp) unless there are 'virtual directories' set up in
the FTP server which point to folders outside the ftp root.

EG, on the server right click the SMTP server, select new,
virtual directory, and follow the prompts. eg give it a name
'cdrive' then browse to the C:\drive....

Cheers,

Cliff