FTP: Command-Line Operation

Both Windows95 and WindowsNT4 install as part of TCP/IP a command-line utility FTP, for information of the command switches and the FTP-commands, have a look at the Windows95 Resource-Kit:

Lets use FTP to download some file from "McAfee":

	First, I made a 'ping' to see, that the server "ftp.mcafee.com" is up and responding. Then, start up : FTP <ip-address> or FTP <servername> Login as "ftp" with the e-mail address as password. To get a listing of files/directories, type : ls
	Download are usually stored under 'PUB',so we change to the directory 'PUB' with cd pub and make again a listing with ls
	Since we search for a Virus-scan update, we make a cd antivirus and make again a listing with ls, then we change ( cd win95 ) to the Win95 directory and make again the listing with ls. We finally located the file to download.
	We switch to binary file-transfer mode and copy ( get ) the file to the local disk, then we exit ( quit ) ftp.

Easy (once you know the command), but not very easy to read with all the additional FTP-status-messages.
But for just downloading file, there is a very nice and efficient solution: