Starts an FTP session and does one of the following:

    o  Displays the FTP prompt. You can enter FTP commands to
       customize your environment and FTP command processing.

    o  Establishes a connection to the specified remote host.

    For help with individual FTP commands, type the following:

    $ FTP
    FTP> HELP

    DCL Format

      FTP  [ host [ port ] ] [ /USERNAME=remote_user_name ]

           [ /PASSWORD=password ]

           [ /INPUT=input_filespec ]

    UNIX Format

      ftp  [ host [ port ] ]

1  –  Parameters

 host

    Optional.

    Remote host to which you want to connect.

 port

    Optional.

    Specifies the port to use.

2  –  Qualifiers

2.1    /INPUT

       /INPUT=input-filespec

    Optional. If you do not specify the /INPUT qualifier, FTP takes
    input from SYS$INPUT. If you specifiy this qualifier, you must
    also supply an input file specification. FTP continues to prompt
    until it has a valid input file specification.

    Runs a DCL command file with FTP commands.

2.2    /PASSWORD

       /PASSWORD=password

    Optional. Default: your password on the local system.

    Password for the remote user account to which you want to
    connect.

2.3    /USERNAME

       /USERNAME=remote_user_name

    Optional. Default: your user name on the local system.

    Name of the remote user account to which you want to connect.

3  –  Examples

    1.$ FTP
      FTP>

      Starts an FTP user session without establishing a connection.

    2.$ FTP WKSITE <Return>
      220 wksite.texts.wrights.com FTP Server (UNIX 13:34:28 EDT) ready
      Connected to wren.nest.willow.com.
      Name (wksite:parks) <Return>
      331 Password required for parks.
      Password:            <Return>
      230 User parks logged in.
      FTP>

      User PARKS starts an FTP session and connects to UNIX host
      wksite.

    3.$ FTP NEWY /USERNAME=BENSON /PASSWORD=WMSWMS
      220 NEWY.LINK1.MOA.COM FTP Server (Version 5.0) ready
      Connected to NEWY.LINK1.MOA.COM.
      331 Username BENSON requires a password.
      230 User logged in.
      FTP>

      Starts an FTP session and connects to remote OpenVMS host NEWY
      in user account BENSON.