What is FTP Protocol? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is, as its name indicates, a protocol for transferring files. The implementation of FTP dates from 1971, when a file transfer system (described in ...

In command line ftp how can i "get" a whole directory? It seems like I have to get each individual file. <P>Also, if the file names are 20 characters long shouldn't I be able to use a 8 character name ...

File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

In my never ending quest to always learn more about linux (e.g. I would like to know the answer to this) is there a way to download multiple file from a single directory. I'm talking on the order of ...