Managing webspace with dosFTP

DOS FTP is small, reliable and is automatically available to all windows users. However, we recommend using a dedicated FTP program or even Internet Explorer if you have many files to upload.

Opening DOS FTP
Go to the Start menu - Programs - MS-DOS Prompt , and at the C:\WINDOWS prompt type:
ftp ftp.plus.net

You should then receive the message similar to this:

Connected to ftp.plus.net 220 PlusNet FTP server (Version wu-2.4(8) Thu Sep 7 15:46:53 MEST 1995) ready. User
(ftp.plus.net :(none)):

Enter your username as the domain. Press return, and you should see :

331 Password required for domain. Password:

Enter your password here, and you should then see:
230 User domain logged in. Access restrictions apply.

Using DOS FTP

You can now perform file transfers. For instance, typing the command:
send c:\website\index.html

would transfer the file 'index.html' (Which is the first page a browser will look at), which is in the 'website' directory on your C drive, to the server.

You may also need the following commands.
get file.ext - download 'file.ext' from the server to your local machine
dir - directory listing
rmdir dirname - remove a directory called 'dirname' from the server
mkdir dirname - make a directory called 'dirname' on the server
delete file.ext - delete 'file.ext' from the server
cd dirname - change directory on server
lcd dirname - change local directory

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