Lecture: File transfer, using WS-ftp

Return to course home page.

• click on the Start button at the bottom right corner of the screen,
• click on Find,
• and select Files.
• A dialogue box will open.
• By "named", type WS_ftp and by "look in" select My Computer.
• Look at the list produced.
• Under the Type column, look for Application.
• If you find it, click on the icon to launch the program.
• It will look something like this:
• 
• Under User ID fill in your userid
• Under Password fill in your password
• You may elect to have the software save your password
• Click OK
• The next screen will look like this:
• 
• On the left is the local system, the one you are working at
• On the right is the remote system you have connected to, in this case a home directory on rodan.
• Note that you can change directories (folders) on either the local or remote system
• Note that you can make directories (folders) on either the local or remote system
• Note that you can remove directories on either the local or remote system.
• You can also rename and delete individual files.
• You can select one file at a time or use the cursor and sweep multiple files to select them on the system from which you want them copied. Note that this is a copying process.
• By simply clicking on the appropriate arrow you will direct the program to copy the files from one system to the other.

http://cms.syr.edu/sunix/ftp.html

A graphic image and instructions (similar to those above) are provided at the SU web page:

http://syllabus.syr.edu:80/ECS/Ecs101/common/web.html#upload

FTPplanet.com