For example, this command gets the file yourfile from the remote
host and stores it on the local machine in the current directory as
myfile:
get yourfile myfile
The screen indicates that the file has been received by the local
machine. You can see if the file has been received by typing:
!ls
•Totransfermultiplefilesfromthelocalmachinetoadirectory
on the remote machine, type:
cd remotedirectory
mput localfile1 localfile2 ...
For example, to transfer the files thisfile and thatfile to the
directory /usr/john/filexfer, type:
cd /usr/john/filexfer
mput thisfile thatfile
The screen indicates that the files have been sent.
•Totransfer multiple filesfromtheremotemachinetothelocal
machine into the current directory, type:
mget localfile1 localfile2 ...
For example, to transfer the files localinclude and graph.c, type:
mget localinclude graph.c
The screen indicates that the files have been received.
•YoucantransfereitherbinaryorASCIIfileswithftp. By default,
ftp transfers ASCII files. To transfer binary files, type:
binary
To transfer ASCII files, type:
ascii
4-18 IRIS OWNER’S GUIDE
SERIES 3000 Version 1.0
Workstation Administration