File Transfer Protocol server syntax conventions
Follow these syntax conventions when you use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server subcommands.
- Uppercase Letters
- You must enter letters in uppercase exactly as shown in the syntax definitions for subcommands. You can enter these letters in either uppercase or lowercase.
- Lowercase Words or Hyphenated Terms
- Lowercase words or hyphenated terms, such as remotefile and account-information, represent variables for which you must substitute specific information.
- Brackets [ ]
- You can consider words, symbols, or phrases placed within brackets to be optional.
- Left Parentheses ( and Asterisks *
- You must enter left parentheses and asterisks exactly as shown in the syntax definitions.
- Braces { }
- Braces indicate a group of parameters, values, or variables that you can repeat.
- Ellipsis ...
- Ellipses indicate that you can include zero or more repetitions of the preceding variable enclosed within brackets.
- Vertical Bar |
- A vertical bar between parameters or values indicates that you can specify one or the other, but not both, at one time. You can see the vertical bars placed within sets of brackets or braces.