File management and file access with FTP/FTPS
9.3 Advanced CP as FTP server for the S7 CPU data
Configuring and commissioning S7 CPs for Industrial Ethernet
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How typical FTP functions use the permitted FTP commands
The following table shows which FTP commands can be executed to access file DBs on the
CPU. The table also shows which FTP functions are used for these FTP commands in
typical input consoles such as the MS-DOS prompt.
Table 9- 1 FTP commands
x Pass Authorization by
x x x Port Specifies the port via
which the client wants to
x List Lists the file DBs in the
x Dele Deletes a file DB by
setting the EXIST bit in
the file DB header to
x Retr Reads the user data in
the specified file DB into
the specified file on the
FTP client.
x Stor Transfers the specified
file from the FTP client
to the user data area in
x quit Closes down the current
Note
You cannot use the FTP commands "rename", "append", "rnfr" and "rnto" with the file DBs.
How FTP commands are executed on the Advanced CP
To illustrate how the FTP interface to the file DBs on the CPU works, the execution
sequence is explained below based on the example of the stor command.
The FTP server on the Advanced CP executes the sequence shown below:
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