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Old 12-01-2009
FTPs thru' WinSCP but from Command Line

Might sound like one of the common problems for which I am struggling to get an answer.

Problem is this...

Code:
ftp -inv user@hostname

says Unknown Host. However, it gives me the ftp> prompt. Yet, when I try to do cd or mkdir, it says Not Connected. lcd and bye are the only two commands that seem to work.

However, I use WinSCP to connect to this particular Host for that particular user and it works.

What could be the possible reason? Please guide!
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Old 12-01-2009
Dahlia,
The system might not be able to resolve the host name that you have entered. You get the ftp prompt by default but the connection is not actually established. Check the host name and then try connecting again using

Code:
 ftp <hostname> and then entering the user name & password when prompted

If you have the IP address of the host, try pinging it. This should give you some clue.
 
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