Request
Description
ABOR
abort previous command
ACCT
specify account (ignored)
ADAT
send an authentication protocol message
ALLO
allocate storage (vacuously)
APPE
append to a file
AUTH
specify an authentication protocol to be performed
CCC
set the command channel protection mode to "Clear" (no protection). Only available if the -c command-line option was given.
CDUP
change to parent of current working directory
CWD
change working directory
DELE
delete a file
ENC
send a privacy and integrity protected command (given in argument)
HELP
give help information
LIST
give list files in a directory (``ls -lgA'')
MIC
send an integrity protected command (given in argument)
MKD
make a directory
MDTM
show last modification time of file
MODE
specify data transfer mode
NLST
give name list of files in directory
NOOP
do nothing
PASS
specify password
PASV
prepare for server-to-server transfer
PBSZ
specify a protection buffer size
PORT
specify data connection port
PROT
specify a protection level under which to protect data transfers
PWD
print the current working directory
QUIT
terminate session
REST
restart incomplete transfer
RETR
retrieve a file
RMD
remove a directory
RNFR
specify rename-from file name
RNTO
specify rename-to file name
SITE
non-standard commands (see next section)
SIZE
return size of file
STAT
return status of server
STOR
store a file
STOU
store a file with a unique name
STRU
specify data transfer structure
SYST
show operating system type of server system
TYPE
specify data transfer type
USER
specify user name
XCUP
change to parent of current working directory (deprecated)
XCWD
change working directory (deprecated)
XMKD
make a directory (deprecated)
XPWD
print the current working directory (deprecated)
XRMD
remove a directory (deprecated)
The following non-standard or UNIX specific commands are supported by the SITE request.
Request
Description
UMASK
change umask. E.g., SITE UMASK 002
IDLE
set idle-timer. E.g., SITE IDLE 60
CHMOD
change mode of a file. E.g., SITE CHMOD 755 filename
HELP
give help information. E.g., SITE HELP
