Mac OS X & Windows are very similar when it comes to FTP. So the following commands should work for both

STEP ONE: CONNECT TO FTP SITE

To establish an FTP session to the site in question, just issue this command:

ftp site-name

example: ftp ftp.mywiseguys.com

STEP TWO: LOGIN TO FTP SITE

You may be prompted for a username/password, just like any other FTP client. Sometimes user: anonymous works. Other times you may be provided a user id and password to use

STEP THREE: UPLOAD A FILE TO SITE

To upload a file, just issue this command:

put name-of-the-file-on-your-hard-drive

if you need to find the file first type:

!ls (mac) or !dir (windows) (will show a directory listing)

lcd (local change directory) example: lcd C:\temp or lcd /Users/Shared

SUGGESTION: place the files you want to upload to a site in an easy directory like C:\temp or /Users/Shared so its easy to find

STEP FOUR: DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM SITE

To download a file, just issue this command:

get name-of-the-file-on-the-ftp-server

Thats it. It is really easy. The only issue you may run into (and you run into this on ALL ftp clients by the way) is the infamous Passive mode, which I freely admit I don't understand.

To test if things are set up right, after you have connected to your site, issue this command:

ls

This lists the contents of the site. If nothing happens, you have fallen victim to incompatible passive settings. Kill this session (CTL-C usually does it, or just kill the Terminal window entirely) and start again. This time, after you are logged in, issue one of the following commands. They all do the same thing, but the command name varies from FTP server to FTP server. So, one of:

epsv

passive

pasv

quote pasv

Try "ls" again. When you are getting a directory listing back, you have successfully switched to a compatible passive mode.

terminal>ftp user@host


 password:xXxXx


ftp>mkdir 


ftp>cd 


ftp>lcd 


ftp>mput *


ftp>close

This will

* connect

* create the remote directory (or folder)

* cd into that directory

* cd to the local directory (if you didn't start there

* copy multiple files (all)

* log out again