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File Transfer Client Program
The FTP program provides reliable data transfer between
cooperating computer systems. The FTP program startup options
are:
FTP [?] [-f filespec] [-p filespec]
[-ghinrv] [destination host]
? List this Help Text and Exit FTP
f filespec Command File
g Wildcard Expansion Disabled
h FTP Help List
i Interactive Prompting Off
n AutoLogin Disabled on Connect
p filespec Specify the Password Filespec
r Output Redirection Disabled
v Verbose Mode Disabled
The destination host specification may be the host name or host
ip number. If the connection is to be made to an alternate port
then follow the name/ip with the port number (decimal).
If the work file device, wf:, is not assigned then the pro-
gram will fail to execute the commands mget, mdel, or mls.
The IND control file FTP.COM starts the program:
.sets cmdlin "-hb "+"'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4' 'p5' 'p6'"
.open sy:tcpfun.com
.data r sy:vbgexe.sav
.data TCP:ftp.sav
.data 'cmdlin'
.close
$@sy:tcpfun
The FTP program supports the following command line options:
? print local help information
ascii set ascii transfer type
bell toggle command completed beep
bget get a file in binary mode
binary set binary transfer type
bput put a file in binary mode
bye terminate ftp session and exit
cd change remote working directory
close terminate ftp session
debug toggle/set debugging mode
delete delete remote file
- inquires if prompting is on
dir list contents of remote directory
duplicate enable/disable duplicate packets
get receive file
hash toggle printing `#' for each
1024 bytes transferred
help print local help information
home set default directory to home
interactive turn on prompting for multiple commands
lcd change local working directory
ldelete delete local files
ldir list contents of local directory
lls list contents of local directory
lprotect set protection flag on local file
lpwd show local working directory
lrename rename a local file
ls list contents of remote directory
ltype print a local file to the screen
lunprotect clear protection flag on a local file
mdelete delete multiple files
mdir list contents of multiple remote directories
mget get multiple files
mkdir make directory on the remote machine
mls list contents of multiple remote directories
mode set file transfer mode
mput send multiple files
noninteractive turn off prompting on multiple commands
open connect to remote ftp
passive enable or disable passive transfer mode
prompt toggle interactive prompting
on multiple commands
protect set protection flag on file
put send one file
pwd print working directory on remote machine
quit terminate ftp session and exit
quote send arbitrary ftp command
recv receive file
remotehelp get help from remote server
rename rename remote file
rm delete remote file
rmdir remove directory on the remote machine
send send one file
sendport toggle use of PORT cmd for each data connection
status show current status
struct set file transfer structure
system query remote system type
type print a remote file to the screen
unprotect clear protection flag on file
user send new user information
verbose toggle verbose mode
version FTP-11 version displayed
wild toggle wildcard expansion of local file names
> <filespec> redirect (m)dir or (m)ls response to a file
The commands bget, get, put, and send allow explicit renaming
of the files during the transfer by specifying the optional
destination file name:
bget/get/put/send [source name] [destination name]
The commands put or send can be used to transfer a device im-
age to an image file (must specify binary format):
put/send dev:[-1] destination-image-file
The commands bget or get can be used to restore a device from
an image file (must specify binary format):
bget/get source-image-file dev:[-1]
File Transfer Client Program (little)
The FTPL program provides reliable data transfer between
cooperating computer systems. FTPL is a stripped version of the
FTP program for use on smaller systems. The FTPL program
startup options are:
FTPL [?] [-ghinv] [destination host]
? List this Help Text and Exit FTPL
g Wildcard Expansion Disabled
h FTPL Help List
i Interactive Prompting Off
n AutoLogin Disabled on Connect
v Verbose Mode Disabled
The destination host specification may be the host name or host
ip number. If the connection is to be made to an alternate port
then follow the name/ip with the port number (decimal).
If the work file device, wf:, is not assigned then the pro-
gram will fail to execute the commands mget, mdel, or mls.
The IND control file FTPL.COM starts the program:
.sets cmdlin "-h "+"'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4' 'p5' 'p6'"
.open sy:tcpfun.com
.data r sy:vbgexe.sav
.data TCP:ftpl.sav
.data 'cmdlin'
.close
$@sy:tcpfun
The FTPL program supports the following command line options:
? print local help information
ascii set ascii transfer type
bell toggle command completed beep
bget get a file in binary mode
binary set binary transfer type
bput put a file in binary mode
bye terminate ftp session and exit
cd change remote working directory
close terminate ftp session
debug toggle/set debugging mode
delete delete remote file
- inquires if prompting is on
dir list contents of remote directory
duplicate enable/disable duplicate packets
get receive file
hash toggle printing `#' for each
1024 bytes transferred
help print local help information
interactive turn on prompting for multiple commands
ls list contents of remote directory
mdelete delete multiple files
mget get multiple files
mkdir make directory on the remote machine
mode set file transfer mode
mput send multiple files
noninteractive turn off prompting on multiple commands
open connect to remote ftp
passive enable or disable passive transfer mode
prompt toggle interactive prompting
on multiple commands
put send one file
pwd print working directory on remote machine
quit terminate ftp session and exit
quote send arbitrary ftp command
recv receive file
remotehelp get help from remote server
rename rename remote file
rm delete remote file
rmdir remove directory on the remote machine
send send one file
sendport toggle use of PORT cmd for each data connection
status show current status
struct set file transfer structure
system query remote system type
type print a remote file to the screen
user send new user information
verbose toggle verbose mode
version FTP-11 version displayed
wild toggle wildcard expansion of local file names
The commands bget, get, put, and send allow explicit renaming
of the files during the transfer by specifying the optional
destination file name:
bget/get/put/send [source name] [destination name]
The commands put or send can be used to transfer a device im-
age to an image file (must specify binary format):
put/send dev:[-1] destination-image-file
The commands bget or get can be used to restore a device from
an image file (must specify binary format):
bget/get source-image-file dev:[-1]
File Transfer Server Program
RFTP is a server program for remote FTP sessions into
RT-11. The program startup options are:
RFTP [?] [-hmp filespec] [-efqruvwyz] [parameters]
? List the Help Text and Exit RFTP
e Enable Monitoring of all RFTP Transactions
f Enable file SIZE Command
h Specify the Help Filespec
m Specify the Message Filespec
p Specify the Password Filespec
q n Specify an Alternate Connection Port
r Restart RFTP after Disconnect
u UNIX Style DIR Command
v Verbose Mode
w Write Duplicate Packets
y s Login Timeout in seconds
z s Inactivity Timeout in seconds
The program may be started interactively (for diagnostic pur-
poses) by the IND control file RFTP.COM:
.sets cmdlin "-rpyz PAS:paswrd.fil 15 600 ...
... "+"'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4'"
.open sy:tcpfun.com
.data r sy:vbgexe.sav
.data TCP:rftp.sav
.data 'cmdlin'
.close
$@sy:tcpfun
The program is normally started as a system job by the TCPIP.RUN
command file. When started as a foreground or system job the
program gets the command line arguments from the file
TCP:RFTP.CML:
-r -p PAS:paswrd.fil -y 15 -z 600
The RFTP help and message files are RFTP.HLP and RFTP.MSG
respectively. The h or m options may be used if these files are
not on the TCP: device. These files are created by the system
manager and are not required.
The -u option specifies that the 'LIST' command returns a
UNIX style directory listing rather than the default RT-11 style
directory format. This format is useful if the remote systems
are PC's using one of the window oriented FTP utilities such as
PROCOMM V3.0 (DataStorm Technologies). These utilities use the
unix access-rights string to determine whether the entries are
files or directories. The general form for the UNIX style
directory is:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 system user 1536 12 Jan 96 file.ext
drwxrwxrwx 1 system user 512000 01 Mar 96 subdir.dsk
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