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You can use either the name or the IP address, such as:</span> <p><samp class="codeph">remote.systemname.com</samp><br /> or<br /> <samp class="codeph">110.25.9.13</samp></p> </li> <li class="stepexpand"><span>Enter the Coded Character Set Identifier (CCSID). Use the default (*DFT) value unless you know that you need a specific CCSID.</span></li> <li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want to use a secure connection to protect passwords and data, specify a Port value of *SECURE. </span></li> <li class="stepexpand"><span>Press Enter to initiate the connection. The FTP client displays messages that indicate a successful connection with the remote system.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If you specify a port of *SECURE and the server does not support implicit TLS or SSL on the specified port, or the TLS or SSL negotiation fails for any reason, the connection is closed.</div> </li> <li class="stepexpand"><span>To change the file transfer type, complete the following steps: </span><ol type="a"><li><span>To switch to EBCDIC, enter <kbd class="userinput">EBCDIC</kbd> and press Enter before you transfer the file.</span></li> <li><span>To switch to BINARY, enter <kbd class="userinput">BINARY</kbd> and press Enter before you transfer the file.</span></li> <li><span>To switch back to the default type, ASCII, enter <kbd class="userinput">ASCII</kbd> and press Enter before you transfer the file.</span></li> </ol> </li> <li class="stepexpand"><span>Now you are ready to transfer files:</span><ol type="a"><li class="substepexpand"><span>Enter <kbd class="userinput">CD</kbd> and the name of the directory. Press Enter.</span></li> <li class="substepexpand"><span>Do one of the following steps:</span> <ul><li>To transfer a file from the server system to the client system, enter <kbd class="userinput">GET</kbd> followed by the name of the file: <pre>GET myfile.txt</pre> </li> <li>To send a file that is on the client system to the server system, enter <kbd class="userinput">PUT</kbd> followed by the name of the file: <pre>PUT myfile.txt</pre> </li> </ul> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="stepexpand"><span>Enter the FTP subcommand <kbd class="userinput">QUIT</kbd> to end the FTP client session and return to the iSeries™ command line.</span></li> </ol> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiqrzaiqclient.htm" title="You can start and stop client sessions, transfer and receive files, as well as set up File Transfer Protocol (FTP) batch jobs.">Use the File Transfer Protocol client on iSeries server</a></div> </div> <div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> <div><a href="rzaiqfrmt.htm" title="Before you begin to transfer files, you must choose the appropriate file transfer type.">Data transfer methods</a></div> </div> <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> <div><a href="rzaiqrzaiqclientsession.htm" title="You can start and stop a client session from this topic.">Start and stop a client session</a></div> </div> <div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br /> <div><a href="rzaiqscenariotrans.htm" title="To transfer a file to a test server, use basic File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to send the file to the remote host.">Scenario: Transfer a file from a remote host</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>