FTP in Linux

[Mr Possibility]

Hello All,

I need a clue to resolve this issue and will appreciate your noble input.

I was give an FTP xyz to upload my graphic work to for quick access from the owner of the remote site
From root(#) I typed ftp ftp xyz; Login with the ID and the password created. I changed to the root directory where I have the file on my own Linux Box /root. Used the "put Filename remote" to uplooad to the said directory.
I was told the file or directory did not exist. I checked to be sure I have the correct file name and still have that same error message displayed

Kindly assist

[Muthukumar_5]

what error message you got there.??

Ok. Is it you are trying as,

linux ( root ) ----> remote site ( user )

linux root # ftp
ftp> open user passwd
ftp> lcd /
so that it will go to / directory. But there is a possibility that we can not access remote site's root directory there. So keep the same directory and don't use cd there.

ftp> !pwd
It is local machine present working direcrory (pwd)

ftp> pwd
remote site presend working directory (PWD)

ftp> put /localdir/localfile

So that it will put the local file into remote site's on the same current directory as remotefile.

HTH.

[Mr Possibility]

I got to the ftp>. typed !pwd to get /root which is the location where I have files to copy to the remoote FTP

pwd displays "/" which i understand is the remote Present working directory

However I have this error message that no such file or directory exist after typing

ftp>put /root/filename xxx_yyy.Zip

help see what i am doing wrong

regards

[Muthukumar_5]

Your ftp is good and started working there.

ftp>put /root/filename xxx_yyy.Zip -->

can you try and what are you getting for this as,

ftp> bi

changing to binary mode

ftp> status


ftp> put /root/filename /tmp/filename
ftp> put /root/filename /filename

ftp> ls

[Jan Sladky]

hello Mr.

strange...,
try to start FTP client directly from dir where
your file{s} is located

or

try to use graphical ftp clinet like gFTP, midnight commander or something like this

br Jan

[Johannes Krackowizer_1]

hi mr possibilty,

1. change to the directory where the file is local stored.
2. ftp
3. enter username and password
4. type "binary" to change to binary mode
5. type "put " this should put the local file to the remote machine

if this don't work:
a) try to rename the local file.

b) perhaps there are spaces or special characters in the filename so that you have to use " to tell ftp the filename includes spaces and special chars.