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author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2013-01-27 01:02:02 -0600 |
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committer | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2013-01-27 01:02:02 -0600 |
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diff --git a/doc/tdeioslave/ftp.docbook b/doc/tdeioslave/ftp.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eb9e7056c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tdeioslave/ftp.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<article id="ftp"> +<title>&FTP;</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> + +<para> +&FTP; is the Internet service used to transfer a data file from the disk of +one computer to the disk of another, regardless of the operating system type. +</para> + +<para> Similar to other Internet applications, &FTP; uses the +client-server approach — a user invokes an &FTP; program on the +computer, instructs it to contact a remote computer, and then requests +the transfer of one or more files. The local &FTP; program becomes a +client that uses <acronym>TCP</acronym> to contact an &FTP; server +program on the remote computer. Each time the user requests a file +transfer, the client and the server programs cooperate to send a copy +of the data across the Internet.</para> + +<para> &FTP; servers which allow <quote>anonymous &FTP;</quote> permit +any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the +<quote>ftp</quote> archives and download files. Some &FTP; servers are +configured to allow users to upload files.</para> + +<para> +&FTP; is commonly used to retrieve information and obtain software stored in +files at &FTP; archive sites throughout the world. +</para> + + +<para> +Source: Paraphrased from <ulink +url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm"> +http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm</ulink> +</para> + +<para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/ftp">ftp</ulink>.</para> + +</article> |