What follows is a transaction with net.bio.net in which I log on by ftp as 'anonymous' and then view directories, change directories, GET a file (which is sent to my Liberty home directory), and exit from ftp. If I had wanted to move UP a level in the directory I would have issued the command cd .. --change directory upwards.
$ftp net.bio.net
login: (here I type anonymous)
Anonymous login ok, send ident as password
(here I type my username@wlu.edu)
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> ls (this asks the host site to LIST the current directory)
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (137.113.10.35,4279) (0 bytes).
total 20
drwxr-xr-x262 news news 5120 Feb 10 21:51 alt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 512 Jul 20 1990 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 512 Oct 14 1992 dev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 512 Jan 8 1991 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 8192 Oct 14 1992 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 9 root staff 512 Dec 5 20:22 misc
drwx------ 33 root daemon 1024 Feb 7 21:01 old
drwxr-xr-x 7 143 staff 512 Jan 22 02:49 pub
drwxr-xr-x 3 root staff 512 Jul 20 1990 usr
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
ftp> cd pub (this asks to change the directory to pub )
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls (this asks to LIST the /pub directory
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (137.113.10.35,4328) (0 bytes).
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 60 daemon news 1536 Feb 8 02:06 BIOSCI
-rw-r--r-- 1 143 staff 215 Aug 4 1993 README
drwxr-xr-x 3 143 staff 1024 Jul 19 1993 dos
drwxr-xr-x 3 143 staff 512 Jul 19 1993 mac
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root daemon 7 Jan 7 17:32 misc -> ../misc
drwxr-xr-x 12 143 staff 512 Mar 25 1992 unix
drwxr-xr-x 2 143 staff 512 Oct 15 1992 vms
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
ftp> cd BIOSCI (this asks to change to BIOSCI --note uppercase)
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls (this asks to LIST the BIOSCI directory)
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (137.113.10.35,4368) (0 bytes).
total 3358
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2665 Feb 11 00:31 .cache
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Nov 30 23:02 .cap
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Nov 30 05:16 ACEDB
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 ADDRESSES
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 AGEING
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 AGROFORESTRY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 ARABIDOPSIS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 BIO-INFO
drwxrwxr-x 36 143 news 1024 Oct 30 02:19 BIO-JOURNALS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 BIO-MATRIX
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1536 Dec 1 08:01 BIO-SOFTWARE
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 BIOFORUM
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Jan 7 19:55 BIOGOPHER
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 BIONEWS
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Oct 13 15:55 BIOPHYS
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 213239 Feb 23 1993 BIOSCI.sit.hqx
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 BTK-MCA
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 4 1993 CELL-BIOLOGY
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 4 1993 CHLAMYDOMONAS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 5 1993 CHROMOSOME-22
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 5 1993 CHROMOSOMES
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 DROS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 EMBL-DATABANK
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 2 23:46 EMF-BIO
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 EMPLOYMENT
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 GDB
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 GENBANK-BB
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 GENETIC-LINKAGE
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Feb 8 05:24 GRASSES
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 HIV-BIOL
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 HUMAN-GENOME
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 IMMUNOLOGY
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 4 1993 INFO-GCG
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 JRNLNOTE
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 29 23:05 METHDS-REAGNTS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 MOLECULAR-EVOLUTION
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Feb 8 22:31 MYCOLOGY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 N2-FIXATION
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 NEUROSCIENCE
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Feb 8 15:56 NMR-STR
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 5 1993 PEP-LIBS
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Jan 7 18:52 PHOTOSYNTHESIS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 PLANT-BIOLOGY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 POPULATION-BIOLOGY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 PROTEIN-ANALYSIS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 PROTEIN-CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 RAPD
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 4 1993 RNA
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 1024 Dec 1 08:01 SCIENCE-RESOURCES
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Jan 7 19:55 STADEN-USERS
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 TROPICAL-BIOLOGY
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 2 23:47 URODELES
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 VIROLOGY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 WOMENINBIOLOGY
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 YAC
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Dec 1 08:01 YEAST
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 1561554 Feb 10 10:00 biosci-user.addresses
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 1561554 Jan 6 06:43 biosci-user.addresses.new
drwxr-xr-x 3 daemon news 512 Dec 2 23:56 doc
drwxr-xr-x 4 daemon news 512 Aug 4 1993 gophers
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon news 512 Aug 24 13:43 software
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
(those which are multiples of 512 are DIRECTORIES)
ftp> cd doc (asks to change to the doc directory)
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls (asks to LIST the doc directory)
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for /bin/ls (137.113.10.35,4583) (0 bytes).
total 269
-rwxr-xr-x 1 daemon news 471 Feb 10 20:54 .cache
drwxrwxr-x 2 daemon news 512 Nov 30 23:02 .cap
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 26093 Jan 7 22:40 biosci-uk.infosheet
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 27393 Jan 7 22:42 biosci-us.infosheet
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 71708 Dec 3 03:16 biosci.FAQ
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 4921 Dec 2 23:54 internet.info
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 77130 Jan 16 1993 usenet.info
-rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon news 63233 Jan 16 1993 usenet.info2
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
ftp> get biosci.FAQ decfaq (asks to RETRIEVE the file biosci.FAQ
and name it decfaq in the Liberty
home directory)
200 PORT command successful.
150 ASCII data connection for biosci.FAQ (137.113.10.35,1309) (71708 bytes).
226 ASCII Transfer complete.
73419 bytes received in 317.06 seconds (0.23 Kbytes/s)
ftp> bye (says farewell to net.bio.net)
221 Goodbye.
$
You can READ the retrieved file while it's in your home directory by
typing the unix command more filename (in this case it would be
more decfaq ) at the $ prompt. You can delete the file from your home
directory once you no longer need it (e.g., after you've extracted it
to a disk) by the unix command rm filename (in this case rm decfaq )