On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:48:31 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-me@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:25:29 -0400, Van Chocstraw wrote:
> Quote:
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote: Quote:
>>> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:24:00 -0400, Van Chocstraw wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why is there no 'connect' command for ftp? Used to be. Why?
>>>> There is disconnect, bye, why no connect.
>>>> Used to type connect then the ip address.
>>>> How do you connect now?
>>>>
>>>> I'm just working behind a firewall so don't worry.
>>>
>>> Have you tried "open"?
>>>
>>
>> I figured it out. You type 'ftp ip-address' before you get the ftp prompt. >
>OK, thanks. I haven't used command-line FTP in years, so I had forgotten
>that.
>
>I use Fire-FTP, an add-in to Firefox, so I don't have to think any more :-)
>
>BTW, can you use a site-name instead of an IP address? That might be
>convenient. Type FTP at the command prompt
Type ? at the FTP> prompt
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