1  CONNECT
   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 ]
 

2  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.