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qftp is a simple program which demonstrates the use of ftplib.
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qftp performs directories or file transfers using the ftp protocol based
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on the command it was invoked with and command line arguments. qftp
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can be invoked through a softlink which indicates which operation it
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should perform.
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To install, copy qftp to a directory in your path. Execute the following
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commands in that directory:
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ln -s qftp ftpdir
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ln -s qftp ftpget
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ln -s qftp ftpsend
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ln -s qftp ftprm
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ln -s qftp ftplist
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Then, invoke qftp by using the commands ftpdir, ftpget, ftpsend, ftprm or
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ftplist.
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qftp processes the command line in order. The first argument should be
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the name of the system you wish to converse with. If you need to specify
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login information, that should be specified next with '-l' and '-p'. On
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UNIX systems, if you specify a username with '-l' and don't specify a
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password with '-p', qftp will prompt for a password. It is a good idea
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to do it this way as it keeps the password off the command line and out
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of 'ps' and other displays.
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When working through a proxy firewall, specify the firewall machine's
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name as the host. Specify the real host's name with the -l and -p
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parameters. For example:
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ftpget firewall -l anonymous@real.host.com -p user@myhost.org
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The exit status from qftp can be used to determine whether the transfer
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worked or not. Exit status 2 means a command line syntax error. 3
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indicates a failure while attempting to translate the system name into an
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IP address. 4 indicates a failure attempting to connect to the remote
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machine. 5 indicates a login failure. 6 indicates a remote command
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error. 7 indicates a system call error.
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See the HTML documentation in the html subdirectory for more details.
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