
If that doesn’t work or if you’re interested to learn why it worked, keep reading as we’ll cover that fix and other common solutions to this issue here. Then try again to connect to the host IP address or domain you wish to access. Inspect SITE HELP output for complete list of supported commands.If you’re looking for a quick fix to “ECONNREFUSED – Connection refused by server” FileZilla error messages, try changing your port number from 21 (default FTP port) to 22 (default SFTP port) or vice versa, as that is one of the most common fixes. Sends site specific commands to remote server (like SITE IDLE 60 or SITE UMASK 002). Restart transfer from the specified point. Returns the current directory of the host. Specifies an address and port to which the server should connect. Select options for a feature (for example OPTS UTF8 ON). No operation (dummy packet used mostly on keepalives). Returns a list of file names in a specified directory. Sets the transfer mode (Stream, Block, or Compressed). Provides data about exactly the object named on its command line in a standardized machine-readable format. Lists the contents of a directory in a standardized machine-readable format. Modify the last modification time of a file. Modify fact (the last modification time, creation time, UNIX group/owner/mode of a file). The 'MFMT', 'MFCT', and 'MFF' Command Extensions for FTP Return the last-modified time of a specified file. Specifies a long address and port to which the server should connect. Returns information of a file or directory if specified, else information of the current working directory is returned. Identify desired virtual host on server, by name. Returns usage documentation on a command if specified, else a general help document is returned. Get the feature list implemented by the server.

Specifies an extended address and port to which the server should connect.

For example, GET is the common user command to download a file instead of the raw command RETR.Īllocate sufficient disk space to receive a file. Note that most command-line FTP clients present their own set of commands to users. All commands below are RFC 959 based unless stated otherwise. Below is a list of FTP commands that may be sent to an FTP server, including all commands that are standardized in RFC 959 by the IETF.
