<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;" id="ftp"> <title>&FTP;</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Lauri.Watts;</author> <author>&tde-authors;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo> <date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date> <copyright> <year>2010</year> <holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>&tde-copyright-date;</year> <holder>&tde-team;</holder> </copyright> <abstract> <para> This handbook describes the &FTP; protocol. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>TDE</keyword> <keyword>ftp</keyword> <keyword>protocol</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <para> &FTP; is the Internet service used to transfer a data file from the disk of one computer to the disk of another, regardless of the operating system type. </para> <para> Similar to other Internet applications, &FTP; uses the client-server approach — a user invokes an &FTP; program on the computer, instructs it to contact a remote computer, and then requests the transfer of one or more files. The local &FTP; program becomes a client that uses <acronym>TCP</acronym> to contact an &FTP; server program on the remote computer. Each time the user requests a file transfer, the client and the server programs cooperate to send a copy of the data across the Internet.</para> <para> &FTP; servers which allow <quote>anonymous &FTP;</quote> permit any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the <quote>ftp</quote> archives and download files. Some &FTP; servers are configured to allow users to upload files.</para> <para> &FTP; is commonly used to retrieve information and obtain software stored in files at &FTP; archive sites throughout the world. </para> <para> Original source: Paraphrased from <ulink url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm"> http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm</ulink> </para> <para>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/ftp">ftp</ulink>.</para> </article>