Performing File Transfers

The ftam commands in Table 2-7 “ftam Commands for Transferring Files” let you copy files to and from the remote host:




	NOTE: See "Notes About Remote File and Directory Names" earlier in this chapter for guidelines on specifying remote names.

Table 2-7 ftam Commands for Transferring Files

Command	Description
`append` local_file [remote_file]	Transmit the local_file to the remote host, and append it to remote_file. If remote_file does not exist, append is identical to put. If remote_file is unspecified, ftam assigns the local_file name to the remote_file name. Example: `ftam> append data1 alldata`
`get` remote_file [local_file] or`recv` remote_file [local_file]	Copy remote_file to local_file. If local_file is unspecified, ftam uses the specified remote_file name as the local_file name. Example: `ftam> get denverdata`
`mget` remote-files (Multiple-get)	Copy remote-files from the remote system to the local system. The new local files have the same names as the remote files. "Wildcard" file specification is not allowed. Example: `ftam> mget tmp1 tmp2`
`mput` local-files (Multiple-put)	Copy local-files from the local system to the remote system. The remote files have the same names as the local files. "Wildcard" file specification is not allowed. Example: `ftam> mput new1 new2`
`put` local_file [remote_file] or`send` local_file [remote_file]	Copy local_file to remote_file. If remote_file is unspecified, ftam assigns the local_file name to the remote_file name. Example: `ftam>send myreport report.june`

Example

In this example, Sue uses the get command to copy the report.dat file from the remote host denver to her working directory on the local host. Note how ftam reports the successful transfer:

$ ftam denver
Username (denver:Sue): Sue
Password (denver:Sue):
Connected to denver as user Sue.
ftam> get report.dat
Received file /users/marketing/sales/sue/report.dat (23749 bytes)
ftam>

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