Traversing directories requires a few simple commands and a little bit of practice to get used to. While this is optional, we recommend it since it is a good way to tell how fast a transfer is occurring, as well as a method to determine if the transfer may have stopped for some reason. Again optional, this command tells FTP to refrain from asking you to name each file that you transfer as it is copied. It lets FTP name the file the same on both the local and remote machines. There is no formatting information, such as fonts, colors, pictures, etc. in text files.
Binary files can contain anything.
Often, binary files are compressed archives of text, images, programs, etc. WordPerfect documents are an example of binary files. This command sets the file type for the transfer. Using this method will reduce traffic and disk space problems on the network. All of the information provided here describes the use of most FTP client software.