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====Syntax==== FTP URL syntax is described in {{IETF RFC|1738}}, taking the form: <code>{{cite web |url=ftp://[user[:password |title=FTP link |work=user:password }}]@]host[:port]/[url-path]</code> (the bracketed parts are optional). For example, the URL <nowiki>{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://public.ftp-servers.example.com/mydirectory/myfile.txt |server=public.ftp-servers.example.com |url-status=dead |title=FTP link }}</nowiki> represents the file ''myfile.txt'' from the directory ''mydirectory'' on the server ''public.ftp-servers.example.com'' as an FTP resource. The URL <nowiki>{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://user001:secretpassword@private.ftp-servers.example.com/mydirectory/myfile.txt |server=private.ftp-servers.example.com |url-status=dead |title=FTP link }}</nowiki> adds a specification of the username and password that must be used to access this resource. More details on specifying a username and password may be found in the browsers' documentation (e.g., [[Firefox]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Accessing%20FTP%20servers#w_ftp-servers-that-require-a-username-and-password |title=Accessing FTP servers | How to | Firefox Help |publisher=Support.mozilla.com |date=2012-09-05 |access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> and [[Internet Explorer]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/135975 |title=How to Enter FTP Site Password in Internet Explorer |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702005840/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/135975 |url-status=dead }} Written for IE versions 6 and earlier. Might work with newer versions.</ref>). By default, most web browsers use passive (PASV) mode, which more easily traverses end-user firewalls. Some variation has existed in how different browsers treat path resolution in cases where there is a non-root home directory for a user.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jkorpela.fi/ftpurl.html |title=FTP URLs |author=Jukka βYuccaβ Korpela |publisher="IT and communication" (jkorpela.fi) |date=1997-09-18 |access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>
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