FTP help

1. At the unix prompt, "cd" to the directory you wish to work with.
   If "getting" a file from a remote location, this is the directory where it will put that file.
2. Type: "ftp" followed by the address of the server you wish to visit (e.g. gl.umbc.edu)
3. Log in
4. Using the "cd" and "ls" commands find the file you wish to get type: get [the file name]. It is helpful to remember that to go to anywhere but into subdirectories you need to include at least a "/" in front of the pathname. "../" will take you up one level. "pwd" will show you where you are. If you already know it's name and location, type: get [the full path and filename]
5. If the file didn't come to rest in the directory you want it in, simply move (mv)
   the file to the directory where you want it
6. The command "put" works the same way but in reverse, allowing you to take files from the directory you were in when you launched ftp and put them in a directory your are visiting.

Tips:

• You can't retreive to or put to a directory to which you don't have "write" privaleges.
• In FTP, "cd ~" takes you home. This is true in most shells including UNIX.
• In FTP, you can change your local directory (the directory you were working out of when
  you typed "ftp") by typing "lcd" at the prompt.
• In FTP, the command "!" referred to as "bang" will talk to the
  local shell. So if you want to perform a "pwd" in your local shell, type "!pwd"