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Users who transfer files to and from your VPS v2 Virtual Server use either a graphical FTP program or a command line ftp program. Users can download ftp programs from the Internet include gftp (Gnome) and kbear (KDE) for Linux, Fetch for Mac OS, and WS_FTP and CuteFTP for Windows.

Using a Graphical Interface FTP Program
The typical FTP graphical interface program displays a directory of the local computer in the left pane and a directory of the remote computer in the right pane. Instructions given are general.
    1. Open the FTP program and type the domain name or IP, and your VPS v2 Virtual Server username and password.
    2. Browse through the directory on the source computer to find the files you want to transfer to the destination computer.
    3. Click the right arrow to indicate transfer from the source computer to the destination computer.
    4. Click Help in the program window for general instruction.
Using a Command Line FTP Program
The Windows comes with command line FTP.
    1. To connect, in Windows, click Start, Run.
    2. Type ftp [options] [hostname] and click OK.
    3. Type your username and password, and use any FTP command.

FTP Commands
The following table lists some commonly used FTP commands.

Command

Description

ascii

Sets the file transfer type to network ASCII.

binary

Sets the file transfer type to support binary files.

bye or quit

Terminates the FTP remote session and exits FTP.

cd remote-directory

Changes the working directory on the remote computer to remote-directory.

delete remote-file

Deletes the file on the remote computer.

dir or ls remote-dir

Prints a directory contents list in the remote directory, if a remote directory is specified.

get remotefile localfile

Retrieves the remote file and stores it on the local computer. If the local file name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote computer.

help

Prints an informative message about the meaning of the command.
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