How to Create Custom Commands in FileZilla

FileZilla is a free FTP client and server application. Use it to transfer files from one computer to another in client or server mode. The server application is only usable on computers running Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Vista Operating Systems. The client is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems. The version discussed in this article is 3.0.9.1 installed on Windows XP with SP2.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Click on Start in the lower left-hand corner of the desktop screen. Select All Programs, the FileZilla FTP Client group and the FileZilla link.

2. Enter the server host domain name or IP address in the box provided, as well as the username and password. Enter a port number, if necessary, based on the server.

3. Navigate to the Quickconnect button and click it.

4. Move the mouse cursor over the Server label on the menu bar and click to select. From the dropdown menu, select Enter custom command. If the Enter custom command link is grayed out, that means that there is no current session connected. Re-enter the host, username, password and port number, if needed, and try again.

5. Place the mouse cursor into the text box on the form and click to enable the entry of the custom command. Custom commands are raw FTP commands that will be sent to the server.

6. Press the Enter key or click the OK button to send the command to the server when done typing.

Tips & Warnings

• The small button to the right of the Quickconnect button contains more commands for working with sessions, as well as the ability to select previous sessions.

Resources

• Get FileZilla.
• Read a list of raw FTP commands.