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Table Of Contents  The TCP/IP Guide
 9  TCP/IP Application Layer Protocols, Services and Applications (OSI Layers 5, 6 and 7)
      9  TCP/IP Key Applications and Application Protocols
           9  TCP/IP File and Message Transfer Applications and Protocols (FTP, TFTP, Electronic Mail, USENET, HTTP/WWW, Gopher)
                9  TCP/IP General File Transfer Protocols (FTP and TFTP)
                     9  File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
                          9  FTP Commands and Replies

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FTP Replies, Reply Code Format and Important Reply Codes
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FTP Multiple-Line Text Replies

It is possible for a reply to contain more than one line of text. In this case, each line starts with the reply code, and all lines but the last have a hyphen between the reply code and the reply text, to indicate that the reply continues. The last line has a space between the reply code and reply text, just like a single-line reply. This facility is often used to provide additional response information after a user logs in, via the 230 reply code. Table 231 contains an example.


Table 231: FTP Multiple-Line Text Reply Example

230-Welcome user to FTP server jabberwockynocky.
230-
230-You are user #17 of 100 simultaneous users allowed.
230-
230-
230-Please see the file "faq.txt" for help using this server.
230-
230 Logged in.


As mentioned before, the actual text string for each reply code is implementation-specific. You can sometimes find some rather humorous text strings associated with some of these error messages. For example, I tried some commands using the FreeBSD FTP client on one of my Internet accounts. If you try to send or receive a file before you are logged in, it doesn't return an error like “Requested action not taken. File unavailable”. It tells me “Login first, then I might let you do that.”. Laugh… what an attitude these computers have today! J


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