Preparing the environment for FTP

You can use the subcommands that are listed in Table 1 to prepare the environment before working with data.

Table 1. FTP subcommands for preparing the environment
Subcommand	Description	See
AScii	Sets the transfer type to ASCII.	AScii subcommand—Change the data transfer type to ASCII
BINary	Sets the transfer type to IMAGE.	BINary subcommand—Change the data transfer type to Image
BLock	Sets the data transfer mode to block mode.	BLock subcommand—Set the block data transfer mode
COMpress	Sets the data transfer mode to compressed mode.	COMpress subcommand—Set the compressed data transfer mode
EBcdic	Sets the transfer type to EBCDIC.	EBcdic subcommand—Change the data transfer type to EBCDIC
FIle	Sets the file structure to File.	FIle subcommand—Set the file structure to File
GLob	Toggles globbing (the expansion of metacharacters in file names) for the MDELETE, MGET, and MPUT subcommands.	GLob subcommand—Toggle expansion of metacharacters
LOCSIte	Specifies information that is used by the local host to provide service specific to that host system.	LOCSIte subcommand—Specify site information to the local host
LANGuage	Sets language for server replies.	LANGuage subcommand—Set the language used for FTP replies from the server
MOde	Specifies the mode or data format of the transfer.	MOde subcommand—Set the data transfer mode
PROMpt	Toggles interactive prompting for MDELETE, MGET, and MPUT commands.	PROMpt subcommand—Toggle interactive prompting for M* commands
QUOte	Sends an uninterpreted string of data.	QUOte subcommand—Send an uninterpreted string of data
RECord	Sets the file structure to record.	RECord subcommand—Set the file structure to record
SENDPort	Enables or disables automatic transmission of the FTP server PORT command.	SENDPort subcommand—Toggle the sending of port information
SENDSite	Enables or disables automatic transmission of the SITE subcommand.	SENDSite subcommand—Toggle the sending of site information
SIte	Sends information to the foreign host using site-specific commands.	SIte subcommand—Send site-specific information to a host
STREam	Sets the data transfer mode to stream mode.	STREam subcommand—Set the stream data transfer mode
STRucture	Sets the file transfer structure.	STRucture subcommand—Set the file structure
SUnique	Changes the storage methods.	SUnique subcommand—Changes the storage method
TYpe	Specifies the transfer type.	TYpe subcommand—Set the data transfer type