Hi. I am in the predesign stage of an FTP server. My goal is to release an FTP server within a year. I have some basic questions. First, when an FTP client sends a command, does the server read the data and then basically search the data received, which is text, from a list of FTP commands such as get, ls, etc? How does a typically transcript between an FTP client and FTP server look like? Secondly, where is reliable source for FTP commands? I know a source for TCP/IP commands. Do you use the same commands for FTP i.e. "/get?" Lastly, does the FTP client sends the login and password in login->password order or is it opposite? Thanks, Kuphryn

RFC #959 is the official FTP protocol specification. That document should answer all your questions.

Okay. Thanks.

That website is like a TCP encyclopedia.

Kuphryn