Accessible ftp
Linux for blind general discussion
blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon May 30 17:47:18 UTC 2022
Tim here again. For FTP-over-TLS (also known as FTPS which
confusingly is different from SFTP), curl supports it well:
$ curl --sl -T local.zip "ftps://ftp.example.com/path/to/dest/newname.zip"
to send a file and
$ curl --ssl "ftps://ftp.example.com/path/to/file.zip"
to download a file.
-Tim
On May 30, 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Ok, sorry, I was probably not as clear as I should have been. One
> of the sites I have to connect to asks for ftp over tls, and none
> of the 4 sites has standard port 21 as the connection default.
>
> I know I could probably use filezilla on the GUI, but I'd prefer
> the CLI.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brandt Steenkamp
>
> Sent using Thunderbird from the Slint laptop
>
> On 2022/05/30 18:49, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Tim here. I've always just used the command-line client (since
> > the late 80s or early 90s over dial-up?) which is accessible as
> > any other CLI application:
> >
> > $ ftp ftp.example.com
> > ftp> ls
> > [files & directories]
> > ftp> cd /pub
> > ftp> ls
> > [files & directories in /pub]
> > ftp> bin
> > 200 Type set to I.
> > ftp> get some_file.zip
> > [file downloads]
> > ftp> put local_file.mp3
> > [uploads "local_file.mp3" to the server]
> >
> > If you're only transferring text documents, you can skip the
> > "bin"ary command, letting it jockey line-endings for you. But
> > most of the time you want to use "bin"ary mode to ensure the file
> > doesn't have newline-translation during transfer.
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> >
> > On May 30, 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >> I need a way to connect to some ftp sirvers, what would you
> >> recommend, weather it be CLI or GUI really doesn't matter to me.
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Blinux-list mailing list
> > Blinux-list at redhat.com
> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list at redhat.com
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>
More information about the Blinux-list
mailing list