FTP command

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The following sections describe the syntax for FTP subcommands. You must be in the FTP environment to use the FTP subcommands.

ACCT subcommand
Supply account information
APPEND subcommand
Append a local data set
ASCII subcommand
Change the data transfer type to ASCII
AUth subcommand
Negotiate a security mechanism for the session
BIG5 subcommand
Change the data transfer type to BIG5:
BINARY subcommand
Change the data transfer type to Image
BLOCK subcommand
Set the block data transfer mode
CCC subcommand
Change control connection protection to clear
CD subcommand
Change the directory on the remote host:
CDUP subcommand
Change to the parent of the working directory:
CLEAR subcommand
Change control connection protection to clear:
CLOSE subcommand
Disconnect from a remote host:
COMPRESS subcommand
Set the compressed data transfer mode:
CPROTECT subcommand
Change or display control connection protection:
DEBUG subcommand
Set internal debug options:
DELETE subcommand
Delete files:
DELIMIT subcommand
Display the file name delimiter:
DIR subcommand
Obtain a list of directory entries:
DUMP subcommand
Sets the internal extended trace options:
EBCDIC subcommand
Change the data transfer type to EBCDIC:
EUCKANJI subcommand
Change the data transfer type to EUCKANJI:
FEATURE subcommand
Ask the server which features and extensions it supports:
FILE subcommand
Set the file structure to file
GET subcommand
Copy files:
GLOB subcommand
Toggle expansion of metacharacters
HANGEUL subcommand
Change the data transfer type to HANGEUL:
HELP and ? subcommands
Display help information:
IBMKANJI subcommand
Change the data transfer type to IBMKANJI:
JIS78KJ subcommand
Change the data transfer type to JIS78KJ:
JIS83KJ subcommand
Change the data transfer type to JIS83KJ:
KSC5601 subcommand
Change the data transfer type to KSC-5601:
LANGuage subcommand
Request server replies in another language, or reset language to the default:
LCD subcommand
Change the local working directory
LMKDIR subcommand
Create a directory on the local host
LOCSITE subcommand
Specify site information to the local host:
LOCSTAT subcommand
Display local status information:
LPWD subcommand
Display the current working-level qualifier:
LS subcommand
Obtain a list of file names:
MDELETE subcommand
Delete multiple files:
MGET subcommand
Copy multiple files:
MKDIR subcommand
Create a directory on the remote host:
MKFIFO subcommand
Create a named pipe on the remote host:
MODE subcommand
Set the data transfer mode:
MPUT subcommand
Copy multiple data sets to the remote host:
MVSGET subcommand
MVSPUT subcommand
NOOP subcommand
Test the connection:
OPEN subcommand
Connect to the FTP server:
PASS subcommand
Supply a password:
PRIVATE subcommand
Change data connection protection to private:
PROMPT subcommand
Toggle interactive prompting for M* commands:
PROTECT subcommand
Change or display data connection protection:
PROXY subcommand
Execute FTP subcommand on secondary control connections:
PUT subcommand
Copy data sets to the remote host:
PWD subcommand
Display the current working directory:
QUIT subcommand
Leave the FTP environment:
QUOTE subcommand
Send an uninterpreted string of data:
RECORD subcommand
Set the file structure to record:
RENAME subcommand
Rename files:
RESTART subcommand
Restart a checkpointed data transfer:
RMDIR subcommand
Remove a directory on the remote host:
SAFE subcommand
Change data connection protection to safe:
SCHINESE subcommand
Change the data transfer type to SCHINESE:
SENDPORT subcommand
Toggle the sending of port information:
SENDSITE subcommand
Toggle the sending of site information:
SITE subcommand
Send site specific information to a host:
SJISKANJI subcommand
Change the data transfer type to SJISKANJI:
STATUS subcommand
Retrieve status information from a remote host:
STREAM subcommand
Set the stream data transfer mode:
STRUCTURE subcommand
Set the file structure:
SUNIQUE subcommand
Toggle the storage method:
SYSTEM subcommand
Display the operating system name:
TCHINESE subcommand
Change the data transfer type to TCHINESE:
TSO subcommand
Use TSO commands:
TYPE subcommand
Set the data transfer type:
UCS2 subcommand
Change data transfer type to unicode UCS-2:
USER subcommand
Identify yourself to a host or change your TSO user ID password:

Parent topic: TSO commands