FTP

This is an FTP client and server I made as part of a course called Netcentric computing. It uses TCP sockets to send messages and data back and forth between client and server. Currently only supports active mode.

#Mark Fajet FTP Client and Server In the base directory of ftpsoft, ftp_client.py is the name of the client. The name of the server is ftp_server.py

1. Run the server in the background using

python3 ftp_server.py &

2. Run a client (or multiple) using

python3 ftp_client.py

3. You should be in an interactive environment asking for input Do the following in order to connect to the server you started previously

open 127.0.0.1 2110

4. Complete list of commands to run can be viewed by entering

help

5. type quit to exit

6. test files can be run in two ways like so: In the command line:

cd tests

a. If you have bash installed

bash systemtestbash.txt
bash sunny1bash.txt
bash sunny2bash.txt
bash rainy1bash.txt
bash rainy2bash.txt

b. If you don't have bash installed

cat systemtestpipe.txt | python3 ../ftp_client.py
cat sunny1pipe.txt | python3 ../ftp_client.py
cat sunny2pipe.txt | python3 ../ftp_client.py -h 127.0.0.1 -fp 2110
cat rainy1pipe.txt | python3 ../ftp_client.py -h 127.0.0.1 -fp 2110
cat rainy2pipe.txt | python3 ../ftp_client.py -h 127.0.0.1 -fp 2110

7. To find a complete list of command line arguments in the ftp client, type usage or python3 ftp_server.py -h