Command

Description

ABOR

Abort a file transfer

ALLO

Allocates sufficient storage space to receive a file. e.g., ALLO size [R max-record-size]

APPE

Append data to the end of a file on the remote host. e.g., APPE remote-filename

AUTH

Used to initiate an SSL encrypted session

CCC

(clear command channel for FTPS transfers)

CDUP

Change working directory to the parent of the current directory

COMB

Combines file segments into a single file on EFT Server. (For information about using the COMB command with EFT Server, refer to Allowing Multipart Transfers (COMB Command).)

CWD

Change working directory. e.g., CWD remote-directory

DELE

Delete remote file

FEAT

List all FTP features that EFT Server supports

HELP

Display a list of all available FTP commands

LIST

Send list of file names and details

MDTM

Display date/time file was modified, in the format YYYYMMDDhhmmss. YYYY is the four-digit year, MM is the month from 01 to 12, DD is the day of the month from 01 to 31, hh is the hours from 00 to 23, mm is the minutes from 00 to 59, and ss is the seconds from 00 to 59.

MKD

Create (make) a remote directory

MLSD

Display an abbreviated list of a remote directory's files and subdirectories

MLST

Display detailed file or directory information

MODE

Sets the mode in which data is to be transferred to S (Stream) or Z (Compressed); The default mode is Stream. (Only "s" or "z" supported.)

NLST

Send list of file names (no details)

NOOP

Do nothing; often used to keep the session alive.

OPTS

Used to specify optional parameters for the command that follows the OPTS command, if that command supports such optional parameters. (The commands "mslt" and "mode z level X," where x=1-9, are supported.)

PASS

Send password. e.g.,  PASS <password>

PASV

Enter passive mode

PBSZ

If EFT Server receives this command, it sets it to 0.

PORT

Specifies the host and port to which EFT Server should connect for the next file transfer.

PROT

Used to set the protection level to be used for data transfers. PROT P is used to secure the data channel; PROT C is used to clear the data channel.

PWD

Display current directory (print working directory)

QUIT

Closes the connection and terminates the FTP session.

REIN

Reinitialize the connection and cancels the current user/password/account information

REST

Sets the point at which a file transfer should start. e.g.,  REST position

RETR

Begins transmission of a file from the remote host. Must be preceded by either a PORT command or a PASV command to indicate where EFT Server should send data. e.g., RETR remote-filename

RMD

Deletes the named directory on the remote host. e.g., RMD remote-directory

RNFR

Rename from (followed by an RNTO command to specify the new name for the file) e.g., RNFR from-filename

RNTO

Rename to (after sending an RNFR command to specify the file to rename, this command is used to specify the new name for the file) e.g., RNTO to-filename

SITE

Site-specific commands. e.g., SITE site-specific-command

SIZE

Display size of a file. e.g., SIZE remote-filename

SSCN

(extension for secure site-to-site transfers)

STAT

Display server status. e.g., STAT [remote-filespec]

STOR

Begins transmission of a file to the remote site. Must be preceded by either a PORT command or a PASV command so that EFT Server knows from where to accept data. e.g., STOR remote-filename

STOU

Begins transmission of a file to the remote site; the remote filename will be unique in the current directory.

SYST

Displays a string of "215 UNIX Type: L8"

TYPE

Sets the type of file to be transferred. For example: TYPE type-character [second-type-character] "type-character" can be A (ASCII text) or I (image, binary data) The second-type-character specifies how the text should be interpreted. It can be N (Non-print; not destined for printing. This is the default if second-type-character is omitted), T (Telnet format control <CR>, <FF>, etc.), or C (ASA Carriage Control).

USER

Send username. e.g., USER username

XCUP

(same as CDUP)

XCWD

(same as CWD)

XMKD

(same as MKD)

XNOP

(same as NOOP)

XPWD

(same as PWD)

XRMD

(same as RMD)

XCRC

Compute CRC32 checksum on specified file

Command

Description

ACCT

(Account) Send account information

SMNT

(Structure mount) Mount a different file system data structure without altering login or accounting information

STRU

(File Structure) Set file transfer structure