ftp>
status - To view the current transfer type.
ftp>
ascii - To change to ascii transfer type.
ftp>
binary - To change to binary transfer type.
Binary
mode refers to transferring files as a binary stream of data. Where ASCII mode
may use special control characters to format data, binary mode transmits the
raw bytes of the file being transferred. In this way, the file is transferred
in its exact original form.
When
files are transferred in ASCII mode, the transferred data is considered to
contain only ASCII formatted text. Whereas in Binary mode, the transferred data
can contain the data in formats such as .txt, .zip, .gzip, .tar files.
Output:
ftp> status
Connected to localhost.
No proxy connection.
Not authenticated.
Mechanism: kerberos_v5
Autoauth: off; Autologin: on
Control Channel Protection
Level: clear
Data Channel Protection Level: clear
Passive mode: off.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file
Verbose: on; Bell: off;
Prompting: on; Globbing: on
Store unique: off; Receive
unique: off
Case: off; CR stripping: on
Ntrans: off
Nmap: off
Hash mark printing: off; Use of
PORT cmds: on
ftp> ascii
200 Type set to A.
ftp> status
Connected to localhost.
No proxy connection.
Not authenticated.
Mechanism: kerberos_v5
Autoauth: off; Autologin: on
Control Channel Protection
Level: clear
Data Channel Protection Level:
clear
Passive mode: off.
Mode: stream; Type: ascii; Form: non-print; Structure: file
Verbose: on; Bell: off;
Prompting: on; Globbing: on
Store unique: off; Receive
unique: off
Case: off; CR stripping: on
Ntrans: off
Nmap: off
Hash mark printing: off; Use of
PORT cmds: on
Note:
ftp>
hash - To view the progress of the file transfer.
