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| USING THE FTP CONSOLE COMMAND |
| There are a lot of FTP programs available for Windows to make FTP file |
| transfers easier to accomplish. Many die-hard users who migrate from DOS |
| and command-line FTP actually prefer the console version included with |
| Windows 2000 for certain tasks. |
| You can use the MGET command to download multiple files (such as all of |
| the files in the current folder). Another command that comes in handy |
| when using MGET is the PROMPT command, which turns interactive prompting on and off. |
| For example, if you use MGET with prompting turned on, FTP will prompt |
| you to respond with a Y or N to each file. You can execute the PROMPT |
| statement to turn prompting off, allowing FTP to download all of the files |
| When you need to upload a batch of files, you can use the MPUT command |
| rather than uploading them one at a time. As with MGET, you can turn off |
| prompting with the PROMPT command first. |
| One more command that Windows users will find useful is the ! command, |
| which opens a command console shell from the FTP session. This lets you |
| browse the local file system, perform file management, or execute other |
| commands on the local computer. When you're ready to return to the FTP |
| session, just type EXIT. You'll go right back to the FTP session without |
| closing the connection to the remote server. |
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