Chapter 7 File Operations
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7-3 FTP File Operations
7-3-2 Command List
The FTP protocol commands supported by this unit
include standard commands (see the next section) and
extended commands (see page 97).
Notes
• To execute FTP commands, you must install application
software such as PDZ-1 on your computer.
• The commands supported by application software vary.
Standard commands
The following table shows the standard FTP commands
supported by this unit.
In the command syntax column, <SP> means a space,
entered by pressing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a
new line, entered by pressing the Enter key.
Command name Description Command syntax
USER Send this command to begin the login
process.
USER <SP> <username> <CRLF>
Input example: USER admin
PASS After sending the USER command,
send this command to complete the
login process.
PASS <SP> <password> <CRLF>
Input example: PASS pdw-1500
QUIT Terminates the FTP connection. If a file
is being transferred, terminates after
completion of the transfer.
QUIT <CRLF>
PORT Specifies the IP address and port to
which this unit should connect for the
next file transfer (for data transfer from
this unit).
PORT <SP> <h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2> <CRLF>
• h1 (most significant byte) to h4 (least significant byte): IP
address
• p1 (most significant byte), p2 (least significant byte): Port
address
Input example: PORT 10,0,0,1,242,48
(IP address: 10.0.0.1, Port number: 62000)
PASV This command requests this unit to
“listen” on a data port (which is not its
default data port). (It puts this unit into
passive mode, waiting for the remote
computer to make a data connection.)
PASV <CRLF>
TYPE Specifies the type of data to be
transferred.
TYPE <SP> <type-code (options delimited by <SP>)>
<CRLF>
<type-code> can be any of the following. However, for
XDCAM, data is always transferred as “I,” regardless of the
type-code specification.
• A: ASCII
-N: Non-print
- T: Telnet format
- C: ASA Carriage Control
• E: EBCDIC
-N: Non-print
- T: Telnet format
- C: ASA Carriage Control
• I: IMAGE (Binary) (default)
• L: LOCAL BYTE
- SIZE: byte size
Input example: TYPE I
