通常他のマシンからアーカイブをコピーしてくるためには ftp がよく使われる。 Web ブラウザがインストールしてあれば、ftp://サーバ名/... としてアクセス すればすむ。しかしインストール時はまだ使えないので、コマンドライン版の ftp クライアントを使う必要がある。以下、簡単に説明する。
server1:~$ ftp server1[Enter] ←サーバ server1 に接続 Connected to server1.hoge.co.jp 220 server1.hoge.co.jp FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-18-VR14](1) Wed Feb 17 09:13:08 JST 1999) ready. Name (server1:otmrc): ftp[Enter] ←ユーザ名 ftp でログイン 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: (何でも良い。表示されない) 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> ls[Enter] ← ls が使える 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 9 drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1024 Dec 2 01:37 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1024 Dec 2 01:37 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Aug 11 1998 bin drwxrwxr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Aug 11 1998 etc drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 1024 Apr 23 00:45 incoming drwxrwxr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 17 1993 lib drwxrwxr-x 19 root wheel 1024 Apr 23 00:45 pub drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel 1024 Aug 11 1998 usr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 312 Aug 1 1994 welcome.msg 226 Transfer complete. ftp> cd pub[Enter] ← cd も使える 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ls[Enter] 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 19 drwxrwxr-x 19 root wheel 1024 Apr 23 00:45 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1024 Dec 2 01:37 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:38 apache drwxr-xr-x 2 10001 users 1024 Dec 22 03:23 custom drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:38 dns drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:38 docs -rwxrwxr-x 1 root wheel 0 Jul 10 1993 dummy_test_file drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:39 linux drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:39 mail drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:39 mebius drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:40 mirror drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:40 misc drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:40 mozilla drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:40 pg632 drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:41 pg64 drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:41 php drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:41 samba drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:45 snmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 17 00:11 unix drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:42 win32 226 Transfer complete. tp> cd mozilla[Enter] 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ls[Enter] 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 13369 drwxr-xr-x 2 10002 users 1024 Apr 23 00:40 . drwxrwxr-x 19 root wheel 1024 Apr 23 00:45 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 10002 users 949413 Apr 23 00:40 communicator-ja-v408-export_x86-unknown-linux2_0_tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 10002 users 12681182 Apr 23 00:40 communicator-v408-export_x86-unknown-linux2_0_libc5_tar.tar 226 Transfer complete. ftp> mget *[Enter] ← 全ファイルの取得を要求 mget communicator-ja-v408-export_x86-unknown-linux2_0_tar.gz? y[Enter] 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for communicator-ja-v408-export_x86-unknown-linux2_0_tar.gz (949413 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 949413 bytes received in 1.11 secs (8.4e+02 Kbytes/sec) mget communicator-v408-export_x86-unknown-linux2_0_libc5_tar.tar? y[Enter] 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for communicator-v408-export_x86-unknown-linux2_0_libc5_tar.tar (12681182 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 12681182 bytes received in 19.4 secs (6.4e+02 Kbytes/sec) ftp> quit[Enter] ← 終了する 221-You have transferred 13630595 bytes in 2 files. 221-Total traffic for this session was 13634370 bytes in 6 transfers. 221-Thank you for using the FTP service on server1.hoge.co.jp 221 Goodbye.