On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:05:44 -0400, +Bob+ wrote:
Quote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:59:53 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
> <not-me@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
Quote:
>>> Type FTP at the command prompt
>>> Type ? at the FTP> prompt
>>> All commands will be revealed!
>>
>>BUT not the answer to my question... >
> Not in Windows FTP, no.
>
> You can FTP to an IP, a domain, even a windows server name if the
> network is reasonably configured.
>
> FWIW: A domain name is just a pointer to an IP address. You can almost
> always use a domain name in place of an IP address - at least as long
> as the host system can translate it for you using an available DNS
> server.
>
> The only places IP's are "required" (generalization) is in network
> settings for things like DNS servers. For example, your router needs
> an IP address for the DNS server itself because it can't lookup any
> names until it know where the server is (catch-22). Yes, Nil already answered that question to my satisfaction. Lucky for me: I
was too lazy to research it myself :-)
In effect, my question was "Does FTP use DNS". As I said, Nil answered
that.
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