Miscellaneous stuff worth learning

FTP from the Command Prompt

• Select Run from the Start menu
• Type CMD followed by Return
• Type cd\ followed by Return
• Type ftp followed by Return
• Type open ftp.microsoft.com followed by Return. This is a sample ftp site.
• Type ftp for both the username and password when prompted.
• Type dir (followed by Return, of course) to display the list of directories available.
• Type cd followed by the directory name to enter a directory.
• Type ls to list the files in a directory.
• Type get followed by a filename to download the file to your machine. You then need to locate the item on your machine.
• Type put followed by a filename to upload a file on your machine to the distant system.
• Type bye to shutdown the connection.
• Type exit to close the DOS prompt window.

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