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1  FTP
   Starts an FTP session and does one of the following:

   o  Displays the FTP prompt. You can enter FTP commands to
      customize your environment and FTP command processing.

   o  Establishes a connection to the specified remote host.

   For help with individual FTP commands, type:

   $ FTP
   FTP> HELP

   DCL-Style Format

     FTP  [ host [ port ] ] [ /USERNAME=remote_user_name ]

          [ /PASSWORD=password ]

          [ /INPUT=input_filespec ]

   UNIX Style Format

     ftp  [ host [ port ] ]
 

2  Parameters
 

host

   Optional.

   Remote host to which you want to connect.
 

port

   Optional.

   Specifies the port to use.
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/INPUT

      /INPUT=input-filespec

   Optional. If you do not specify the /INPUT qualifier, FTP takes
   input from SYS$INPUT. If you specifiy this qualifier, you must
   also supply an input_filespec. FTP continues to prompt until it
   has a valid input_filespec.

   Runs a DCL command file with FTP commands.
 

/PASSWORD

      /PASSWORD=password

   Optional. Default: your password on the local system.

   Password for the remote user account to which you want to
   connect.
 

/USERNAME

      /USERNAME=remote_user_name

   Optional. Default: your user name on the local system.

   Name of the remote user account to which you want to connect.
 

2  Examples

   1.$ FTP
     FTP>

     Starts an FTP user session without establishing a connection.

   2.$ FTP WKSITE <Return>
     220 wksite.texts.wrights.com FTP Server (DIGITAL UNIX 13:34:28 EDT) ready
     Connected to wren.nest.willow.com.
     Name (wksite:parks) <Return>
     331 Password required for parks.
     Password:            (password not echoed) <Return>
     230 User parks logged in.
     FTP>

     User PARKS starts an FTP session and connects to UNIX host
     wksite.

   3.$ FTP NEWY /USERNAME=BENSON /PASSWORD=WMSWMS

     220 NEWY.LINK1.MOA.COM FTP Server (Version 5.0) ready
     Connected to NEWY.LINK1.MOA.COM.
     331 Username BENSON requires a password.
     230 User logged in.
     FTP>

     Starts an FTP session and connects to remote OpenVMS host NEWY,
     in user account BENSON.

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