SITE

Syntax: site <argument>

FTP Command Index

The SITEcommand allows you to send a recognized SITEcommand to the server.

To find out what SITEcommands are understood by the current FTP server, try entering this command at the FTP command line:

QUOTE help site

If the server supports the QUOTE command, it may respond with a list the SITE commands that are understood by the server. The server response displays in the command window.

<argument>

Specifies any SITE command that the FTP server understands.

Examples

The following command requests the idle timeout setting for the server:

SITE idle

The server response shows in the command window. For example:

200 Current IDLE time limit is 900 seconds; max 7200

This command sets the IDLE timeout to 1800 seconds:

SITE idle 1800