A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SOME COMMON FTP COMMANDS:

Following are ftp commands that will allow you to move about
on the VTSO anonymous account.  Most are very similar to UNIX commands. 
Depoending again on your version of ftp, there may be variants of these.
Usually typing ? when in ftp gives you a list of commands.

Command      Effect
-------      ------
?            gives a list of ftp commands currently available
help cmd     give a brief description of the ftp command specified by 'cmd'
pwd          shows your current directory/location on vtso
ls           shows files and sub-directories on the current vtso directory
dir          same as ls but gives permissions, owner, size and creation date
cd newdir    moves you to the directory named 'newdir'
lcd newldir  change working directory on your home machine to 'newldir'
binary       set binary transfer type
ascii        set ascii transfer type
get f1 f2    transfers file 'f1' from vtso to your home machine
             where it will be named 'f2' (Leving out f2 results in the
             transferred file being named f1.)
put f1 f2    transfers file 'f1' from your home machine to vtso 
             where it will be named 'f2'
             (NOTE: most directories on the vtso anonymous ftp account are
             write protected.  If you want to leave a file you may do so
             on the directory ./pub/dropoff)
prompt off   Turns off interactive prompting.  Necessary if one wnats to
             use multiple-file transfers mget or mput.
mget fil*    transfer all the files starting with 'fil' from the vtso 
             machine to your home machine which may rename them appropriately.
mput fil*    transfer all the files starting with 'fil' from your home machine
             to the vtso machine where they may be renamed.
             (NOTE: most directories on the vtso anonymous ftp account are
             write protected.  If you want to leave a file you may do so
             on the directory pub/dropoff)
quit         terminates your ftp session and returns you to your home machine.