Command

Comments

USER <username>

Indicates the MOVEit username to be checked in the MOVEit user database.

PASS <password>

Indicates the MOVEit password to be checked in the MOVEit user database.

AUTH <type>

Starts secure communication for the specified security type: TLS-C or TLS-P.

FEAT

Returns the feature set supported, specifically AUTH, PROT and PBSZ.

PROT <type>

Sets the data connection protection type. For TLS-C security, the PROT P command is required to enable security on the data channel.

PBSZ <size>

Sets the protection buffer size for encryption. Included for compatibility; the size is never checked.

CLNT <name> <version>

Sets the FTP client name and version for logging purposes.

LIST

Obtains a directory listing, with date, size, and filename in a format compatible with Microsoft's FTP server. Any command arguments beginning with "-" are ignored.

NLST

Obtains a bare directory listing.

RETR <fileID>

Downloads a file, first checking that the current user has read access to the file. The fileID can be a complete file name, including an embedded fileID. MOVEit Transfer FTP will extract the fileID. When unique file names are enforced for a folder, the filename can be used in place of the ID.

STOR <filename>

Uploads a file. MOVEit will create a new fileID and return it in the 226 response.

APPE <filename>

Appends a file. This is only supported for resuming file transfers. MOVEit will create a new fileID, copy the old partial file and append new data, and return it in the 226 response.

CD ~

Changes current directory to the user's default (not home) directory.

CWD <directory>

Changes current directory. See below.

MKD <directory>

Creates a directory, if the user has permission to do so.

RMD <directory>

Deletes a directory, if the user has permission to do so.

DELE <fileID>

Deletes the file, if the user has permission to delete it.

RNFR <fileID>
RNTO <filename>

Changes the original file name associated with a file ID, if the user has permission to modify it.

REST <skipcount>

Sets the byte skip count for a subsequent RETR or STOR command. For RETR, MOVEit will skip the first "skipcount" number of bytes in the downloaded file. For STOR, MOVEit will copy the first "skipcount" number of bytes from the destination file to a new file then append the transmitted bytes.

SIZE <filename>

Reports the size in bytes of the named file, the same number returned in a directory list.

MODE <type>

Sets the mode in which data is to be transferred via the data connection, S for Stream Mode, and Z for Zip compression mode.

SYST

Reports the system type. The returned string indicates compatibility with the Microsoft Windows FTP server.

HELP

Displays a list of commands.

PORT

Initiates an active data connection. If configured to allow only passive connections, this is refused.

PASV

Initiates a passive connection. This is used by some FTP clients to accommodate firewalls that do not allow an FTP server to initiate TCP data connections.

QUIT

Quits the session.

CCC

If enabled, the Cleartext Command Channel command switches the command channel from encrypted to cleartext. See the "Allow CCC" configuration option.

STAT

Returns brief information to properly authorized users about the FTP server including name, version and local time.

Command

Comments

INTEGRITY <type>

Enables integrity checking on STOR and RETR. For type L, use "lump mode" data stream which compresses data immediately, and include a SHA1 hash of the file for integrity verification. For type H, "hash mode", the data stream is standard, and the client is responsible for checking the SHA1 hash for integrity verification. Type N turns integrity checking off.

XSHA1 <filename>

Returns the SHA1 hash of the file named, usually the most recently transferred file.

HASH OK | BAD

Notifies MOVEit Transfer FTP, after a STOR or RETR, that the client has verified the file SHA1 hash and that it has matched (or not matched) the one passed in the data stream in lump mode, or returned by the XSHA1 command.

Command

Comments

CHGPW <oldpass> <newpass> <newpass>

Sends a password change request to MOVEit Transfer for the logged on user. The old password is rechecked and the new passwords must match and meet strength requirements for the site.

Command

Comments

TYPE I | A

All transfers default to type=binary. This setting is applied at the FTP/SFTP server.

Note: MOVEit Transfer does not automatically add/strip carriage returns or perform other character manipulation associated with legacy transfer of plaintext (ASCII). You can override this behavior in the FTP/SFTP server's host override settings.