If we wanted to retrieve something that was in a lower level directory, we would have to issue the command ' cd ' followed by the name of the directory in order to change directories. Now it's time to get a file. 226 Transfer complete. If I wanted to send a file named bogus.txt , I would simply type either send or put and the file name . Evaluating files you find at an FTP site The anme of the directory that a file is in can give you important clues as to the types of files you might find there.
File extensions are also an important way to evaluate a file.
Frequently files are compressed or converted to text files to make them move faster across the Internet. These files can usually be identified by their file name extensions. To expand .bin, .sit, .sea, and .hqx on a PC, you really need Aladdin Expander . Of the formats listed below, only .txt and .c files are immediately viewable from a terminal session. Macintosh and Unix files can have multiple file extensions, i.e. filename.tar.Z is a compressed Unix archive file.