[SOLVED] ftp command does not recognise verbosity

tonj · 07-27-2014, 02:58 PM

centos 5 server:
I'm using ftp to send a single file but I can't get any verbosity to work in the command. these are the commands I use to set up the transfer:

Quote:

# ftp ftp://<ftp-site>
Connected to ftp://<ftp-site>.
220 FTP server ready
500 AUTH not understood
500 AUTH not understood
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (ftp.<ftp-site>:root): <my-username)
331 Password required for <ftp-site>
Password:<my-password>
230 Login successful. Username & password correct; FTP unlocked.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> send -v <my-file>
remote: <my-file>
local: -v: No such file or directory

how do I get more verbosity out of this?

notKlaatu · 07-27-2014, 03:02 PM

Code:

# ftp -v ftp://<ftp-site>

Invoke verbosity for the session, not on a per-command basis from inside of ftp

tonj · 07-28-2014, 03:41 AM

thanks I tried that and although I didn't get an error message I didn't get any verbosity either. But I solved it, the command to get details is debug.

Quote:

ftp> debug
Debugging on (debug=1).

Quote:

ftp> send <my-file>
---> TYPE I
---> PASV
---> STOR <my-file>

notKlaatu · 07-28-2014, 09:25 PM

If you have not tried the application ncftp, it might be worth looking at. It's a really nice ftp application (for the shell) that is much more robust than straight ftp.

tonj · 07-29-2014, 03:29 AM

thanks for that, I tried ncftp and it's really good, giving plenty of detail in the console.