FTP stands for "file transfer protocol". It is a standard way of transferring files from one computer to another across the internet. This page provides instructions on how to send us a file through FTP.
The example below shows a typical upload to the ftp site. In this case, the file being uploaded is called nvbooks.zip and is located in the directory C:\Nv\MyBooks.. You would substitute the correct directory and filename for your upload.
In these examples, the text you type is shown in bold-face, (as opposed to the remaining normal text.)
| c:\>cd
\nv\mybooks C:\Nv\MyBooks> ftp ftp.softrite.ca Connected to softrite.ca. 220 whoever-96.226.ADSL.NetSurf.Net FTP server (NetBSD-ftpd 20040809) ready User (kisha.softrite.ca:(none)): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, type your name as password. Password: <type your name - note: no characters are displayed> 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd pub/incoming 250 CWD command successful. ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> put nvbooks.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'NVBOOKS.ZIP'. 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 226921 bytes sent in 0.30Seconds 764.04Kbytes/sec. ftp> close 221- Data traffic for this session was ###### bytes in 1 file. Total traffic for this session was ###### bytes in 1 transfer. 221 Thank you for using the FTP service on whoever-96.226.ADSL.NetSurf.Net. ftp> quit c:\> exit |
The above example assumes you are transferring a 'zip' file - a file compressed using a file compression utility. If you don't have such a utility, you can download one as shown in the next example. After you have downloaded the utility and compressed your books, you would upload them as per the previous example.
| c:\>cd
nv\mybooks C:\Nv\MyBooks>ftp ftp.softrite.ca Connected to softrite.ca. 220 whomever-96.226.ADSL.NetSurf.Net FTP server (NetBSD-ftpd 20040809) ready User (softrite.ca:(none)): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, type your name as password. Password: <type your name - note: no characters are displayed> 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd hidden 250 CWD command successful. ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> get pkzip.exe 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'pkzip.exe' (42166 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 42166 bytes received in 1.02 Seconds 41.50Kbytes/sec. ftp> close 221- Data traffic for this session was 42166 bytes in 1 file. Total traffic for this session was 42680 bytes in 1 transfer. 221 Thank you for using the FTP service on whoever-96.226.ADSL.NetSurf.Net. ftp> quit C:\Nv\MyBooks>pkzip nvbooks datad.nv PKZIP (R) FAST!
Create/Update Utility Version 2.04g 02-01-93 ¦ 80486
CPU detected. Creating ZIP:
NVBOOKS.ZIP
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