Hello Mark, Friday, January 17, 2003, 7:17:07 PM, you wrote:
> File Transfer Protocol. It's a simple command-line interface to send > and receive files over the internet. There are nice GUI front ends to > make things easy so you don't have to remember the commands. You'd use > it, for example, to send files off to an ISP to maintain a web site. Actually FTP(File Transfer Protocol) has its own defined packet structure and communication language to transfer a file over TCP(Transport Connection Protocol). The initial specs of FTP dates back to April 16, 1971. And actually the command-line interface is used for user interactions was mainly developed later when more and more people owned computers and had a connection to the internet, even via a BBS(Bulletin Board System, for those who don't remember), if that BBS was connected to the internet. If you want more information on FTP, here's a link to the official technical documentation: http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/959/index.htm -- Best regards, Daniel Rail ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
