Establishes an FTP connection to a remote host. The remote host
    can be any operating system that supports FTP.

    DCL Format

      CONNECT  remote_host [ port ]

    UNIX Format

      open  remote_host [ port ]

1  –  Parameters

 remote_host

    Required.

    Remote host to which you want to connect.

 port

    Optional. Default: 21.

    FTP port on the remote host.

2  –  Example

  FTP> CONNECT RETAIL <Return>
  220 retail.good_co.com FTP Server (Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1) ready.
  Connected to retail.
  Name (retail:dave): <Return>
  331 Password required for dave
  Password:                  <Return>
  230 User dave logged in.
  FTP>

      Connects user dave to UNIX host retail.