FTP is a commonly used protocol used to transfer files. There are many ready-made solutions; it might not be necessary to program it. On the other hand, you may need to integrate FTP into some other application. In other words, if you already decided to program in Java, you may need to add FTP capabilities to it.
The term ftp hosting refers to centralized file hosting that hosts files that people can access when they need to. Ftp means "file transfer protocol".
You need to make sure that an FTP server is running on a server, which is hosting your site. You can create an FTP account (username/password) and allow access to whatever directory structure you want to... once this is done - you should be able to access the site via FTP. Cheers, Ash
If you mean to initialize the FTP exchange, yes you need a FTP client, various free ones exist out there, such as FileZilla. Once you have the client you do not need a special file, all you essentially do is just select the file and click transfer, and then you're done.
FTP uses a stream of bytes to transfer data and hence does not need a format after the handshaking is done i.e. the connection has been established.
A computer/server and software(s). Use a computer to download Filezilla's server, set it up and bingo, you have a FTP. There are more advanced things to do by creating a FTP but the only things you need to specified above.
The reason one would need to use an FTP download is for your computer. It uploads and save different documents for one device to another for easy travel access.
Cute FTP is a FTP client (used to connect to a server). FTP is a point-to-point protocol used for file transfert (FTP meaning File Transfert Protocol).
BYE = Disconnect the FTP session
FTP and TFTP
An FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program is used to upload, download and manage files between computers on a network. You will need a user ID and password to use the program.
Generally port 21 is for FTP 22 for FTP using SSH 990 FTP using SSL