Huawei AR1200 Series User Configuration Manual page 172

Huawei AR1200 Series Enterprise Routers
Configuration Guide - Basic Configuration
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After logging in to the router that functions as a client and entering the FTP client view, you can
perform the following steps:
Procedure
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Configure a data type for transmission files and a file transmission method.
Check the online help about FTP commands in the FTP client view.
Upload local files to the remote FTP server, or download files from the FTP server and
save them locally.
Create directories on or delete directories from the FTP server.
Display information about a specified remote directory or a file of the FTP server, or delete
a specified file from the FTP server.
Configuring data type and transmission mode for the file.
– Run:
ascii | binary
The data type of the file to be transmitted is ascii or binary mode.
NOTE
FTP supports both ASCII and binary files. Their differences are as follows:
l In ASCII transmission mode, ASCII characters are used to separate carriage returned from
line feeds.
l In binary transmission mode, characters can be transferred without format conversion or
formatting.
Clients can select an FTP transmission mode ad required. The system defaults to the ASCII
transmission mode. The client can use a mode switch command to switch between the ASCII
mode and the binary mode. The ASCII mode is used to transmit .txt files and the binary mode is
used to transmit binary files.
– Run:
passive
The passive file transfer mode is configured.
– Run:
verbose
The verbose mode for FTP is enabled.
When verbose is enabled, all FTP responses are displayed. After file transmission
efficiency statistics will be displayed.
View online help for FTP commands.
remotehelp [ command ]
The online help of the FTP command is displayed.
Upload or download files.
– Upload or download a file.
– Run:
put local-filename [ remote-filename ]
The local file is uploaded to the remote FTP server.
– Run:
get remote-filename [ local-filename ]
The FTP file is downloaded from the FTP server and saved to the local file.
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