You need to use a DNS lookup on the link to figure out the IP address. Here’s what you type into the terminal prompt:
dig domain.name Easy as that. On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Daniela Rubio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > Please, can somebody give a hand to start an FTP by terminal? I have some > instructions, but it says that I need to wright the FTP’s IP address and the > only thing I have is an FTP link, the address that one uses as a host on an > FTP client. > Thank you very much for your help! > Best > Daniela Rubio T > iPhone: +34662328507 > > > > El 21/01/2014, a las 16:31, Tim Emmons <[email protected]> escribió: > >> Hi guys, got a question. I haven't had any great luck with any of the free >> Ftp clients as of yet, filezilla doesn't seem tow irk or maybe I'm missing >> something on the setup, not sure, cyberduck might work but I can't seem to >> get the download to work, but I am able to get into ftp using terminal. Once >> I've established a connection, got to a main directory say for instance >> books, and then the directory is divided into letters of the alphabet >> showing the author's first name, how do I first navigate to that directory >> list, and then how do I get a book from that author's particular listing. I >> am sort of new, but I like the terminal approach but just trying to learn. >> Thanks for any help. take care and talk to you soon. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
