FTP - File Transfer Protocol

... offers access to tons of files from the Internet!
This program is meant to make retrieving files as easy as it can be.

The first thing to do is choosing a server. To get you started you
get a list of interesting servers on a keypress.

After you entered the name of a server, the connection to this server
is established. You'll first see a greeting message and after that the
root directory listing of that server.

In directory listings you find file- and directory names at the rightmost
column, together with file size and date. The leftmost column tells you wether
it's a file ("-"), a directory ("d") or a link ("l") that points to some other
file or directory.

You navigate directories by either entering the name of the next directory to
browse or issuing a "one level up" command. ATTENTION: In contrast to DOS,
names (files and directories) on FTP servers are case sensitive! In contrast
to DOS the character used in paths is the slash "/", not the backslash "\"!
Additionally, FTP servers are not restricted to the DOS 8.3 filename format.
If you retrieve a file that doesn't fit into this scheme, a local filename
that does will be generated. You'll see both, the remote and the local
filename, on screen when retrieving. If you want to reload the listing of the
current directory, issue the "Change Directory" command and just press
enter.

On most FTP servers the files open to the public are stored in a directory
called "pub". So most often your first action after connecting to a server
will be changing directory to "pub". You'll often find files like "index.txt"
that contain descriptions of the files in that directory. You may also find
"ls-lR" (case sensitive!) which is a recursive directory listing, maybe of the
whole site.

There are two ways of retrieving files. The "Download" command is for
transferring BINARY files (like ZIP, EXE, ...). The "Show" command
retrieves a file in ASCII mode (CR-LF conversion implied) and displays it to
you. Files retrieved by either method get stored in the local file area "FTP
Downloads". You may transfer them to your computer via ZModem immediately or
at a later time from the file area. You should be aware anyway that files get
deleted from the "FTP Downloads" area after some time.

