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• Steps
• Advice
• Warning

Today's wikiHow will help you understand and use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server to upload files from your computer to a web server and vice versa.

Steps

Part 1 of 4: Basic understanding of FTP

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   , import terminal then double click Terminal.
2. To open Terminal in most Linux distributions, press Ctrl+Alt+T.

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   Connect to the FTP server. Regardless of the operating system, the commands apply equally to all command-line-based FTP clients. To connect to the server, you enter ftp ftp.example.com. Once the connection is made, you will need to enter a username. If you are connecting to a public FTP server, enter anonymous and press Enter when the system asks for a password. If you specified a username and password, enter that account information.

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   View the file on the FTP server. You can enter commands dir / p then press ↵ Enter to view the list of folders and files on the server.

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   Go to the desired folder. Enter an order cd directory (where "directory" is the directory or path to the directory you want to open) and click ↵ Enter.

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   Switch to binary mode. By default, the FTP server connects in ASCII mode which is designed for text file transfers. To switch to binary mode, you enter binary and press ↵ Enter.
   • Binary mode is the best choice for media files or entire folders.

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   Download the file. Use the command get to download files on the remote server to the local computer. You need to add the filename you want to load after the "get" command.
   • For example, if you want to download the file "example.webp" from the current directory on your FTP server, enter get example.webp.

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   Upload the file. Comeinand put Used to upload files from a local computer to a remote FTP server. You need to add the path of the file to be loaded after the "put" command.
   • For example, if you want to copy the movie "example2.avi" from your computer to an FTP server, you will enter the command put c: documents homemovies example2.avi.

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   Close connection. Enter an order close to terminate the connection to the FTP client. Any transmissions in progress will be canceled. advertisement

Advice

• There are many commands and usage of FTP on the command line or computer system level operation, but the FTP software will simplify the process of connecting and using the FTP server without changing the process.

Warning

• To operate your private FTP server efficiently, you need a stable wired network connection. Make sure your Internet service provider does not prohibit this action, and check your subscription's upload / download limit before setting up your FTP server.