Note: Bold letters indicate what will be displayed on the screen and commands as they should be entered. Italics and Bold Letters indicate information that will vary based individual information.
Uploading a File Using
MS-DOS Command Line
Open an MS-DOS Prompt and you should see the following displayed in the window:
c:\>
Type the path to the file you wish to upload, using the cd\ command and hit enter:
cd\file location
(Example: cd\ftpupload)
The prompt will change to the following:
c:\file location\>
(Example: c:\ftpupload\>)
After you go to the file location, type the following command at the prompt and hit enter:
FTP
The prompt will change to:
FTP>
At this prompts type "open", a space and the address of the FTP site you wish to access and hit enter:
FTP> open ftp.mazer.com
The following will be displayed:
Connected to ftp.mazer.com.
220 www Microsoft FTP Service (Version 4.0).
User (ftp.mazer.com:(none)):
At the User prompt type either the username supplied by your Mazer Contact or the word anonymous and hit enter:
User (ftp.mazer.com:(none)):anonymous
After you hit enter you will see the following prompt:
331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
Password:
Enter you e-mail address, or the password supplied by Mazer and hit enter. After you enter your e-mail address you will see the welcome message followed by: (Note: if you are using a Mazer supplied username and password, the username will appear in the following message.)
230-Anonymous user logged in.
ftp>
NOTE: If you are using a username supplied by Mazer you can move forward to the Put command after logging in to the site
At the FTP prompt type the following command, and hit enter:
cd Dropbox
You will now be in the Dropbox. This is were you will be uploading your file to.
To upload a file you will need to type the following command at the prompt and hit enter:
put "file name with extension"
(Example: put new_file.txt)
After you hit enter you will see the following displayed on the screen:
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for "file name".
After the transfer is complete, the following line will be displayed:
226 Transfer complete
An additional line will be displayed. It will contain information about how much data was transferred and how long it took to transfer to the server. After you receive these two lines, type the following command to exit the FTP utility:
quit
You will then see the exit message and be returned to the MS-DOS prompt.
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Downloading a File Using
MS-DOS Command Line
Open an MS-DOS Prompt and you should see the following displayed in the window:
c:\>
Type the path to the folder you wish to save the downloaded file in, using the cd\ command and hit enter:
cd\file location
(Example: cd\ftpupload)
The prompt will change to the following:
c:\file location\>
(Example: c:\ftpupload\>)
After you go to the folder, type the following command at the prompt and hit enter:
FTP
The prompt will change to:
FTP>
At this prompt type "open", a space and the address of the FTP site you wish to access and hit enter:
FTP> open ftp.mazer.com
The following will be displayed:
Connected to ftp.mazer.com.
220 www Microsoft FTP Service (Version 4.0).
User (ftp.mazer.com:(none)):
At the User prompt type either the username supplied by your Mazer Contact or the word anonymous and hit enter:
User (ftp.mazer.com:(none)):anonymous
After you hit enter you will see the following prompt:
331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
Password:
Enter you e-mail address, or the password supplied by Mazer and hit enter. After you enter your e-mail address you will see the welcome message followed by: (Note: if you are using a Mazer supplied username and password, the username will appear in the following message.)
230-Anonymous user logged in.
ftp>
At the FTP prompt type the following command, and hit enter: (NOTE: If you are using a username supplied by Mazer you can move forward to the ls command after logging in to the site.)
cd Pickupbox
If the file you want to download is in a sub folder of the Pickupbox you will need to type the entire path to the file after the cd command.
(Example: cd Pickupbox\next_folder)
After you hit enter the following will be displayed:
250 CWD command successful.
This indicates that you are in the folder where the file is located. Before you can download the file, you will need to list the files in the folder so that you can know the full names of the files. Include the file extension or suffix in the name of the file..
To list the folder contents type the following command and hit enter:
ls
After you hit enter you will see a list of all files in the folder. Locate the file you want to download and write down the entire file name includeing the extension. After you find the full file name, type the following command:
get full file name including extension
(Example: get new_file.txt)
After you hit enter you will see the following displayed on the screen:
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file name.
After the transfer is complete, the following line will be displayed:
226 Transfer complete
An additional line will be displayed. It will contain information about how much data was transferred and how long it took to transfer to the server. After you receive these two lines, type the following command to exit the FTP utility:
quit
You will then see the exit message and be returned to the MS-DOS prompt. Type the following command and hit enter, to ensure the file downloaded:
dir/p
After hitting enter you will see a listing of all files in the present directory. Your file will be listed if you have successfully downloaded it.
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