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MOUNT_FTP(8)              BSD System Manager's Manual             MOUNT_FTP(8)

NAME
     mount_ftp -- mount a FTP filesystem

SYNOPSIS
     mount_ftp [-o options] host[:port][/path] node

DESCRIPTION
     The mount_ftp command mounts a FTP-enabled server directory at host[:port][/path] at the mount point
     indicated by node.

     The user ID for all files and folders is set to the user's real user ID. The group ID for all files and
     directories is set to unknown, and the permissions default to read and execute for user, group and
     other.

     The options are:

     -o      Options passed to mount(2) are specified with the -o option followed by a comma separated
             string of options. See the mount(8) man page for possible options and their meanings. The
             rdonly option will be set even if it was not specified because mount_ftp does not allow files
             to be opened with write access on servers.

     host[:port][/path]
             The FTP-enabled server directory to mount as a volume. If port is not specified, then port 21
             is used. If path is not specified, then the path "/" is used.

     node    Path to mount point.

EXAMPLES
     The following example illustrates how to mount the FTP-enabled server directory ftp.apple.com/ at the
     mount point /Volumes/mntpnt/

           mount_ftp ftp.apple.com/ /Volumes/mntpnt/

SEE ALSO
     mount(2), unmount(2), mount(8)

HISTORY
     The mount_ftp command first appeared Mac OS X Version 10.2.

RETURN VALUES
     0                  mount_ftp successfully mounted the server directory.

     [ENOENT]           The server directory could not be mounted by mount_ftp because the node path is
                        invalid.

     [ENODEV]           The server directory could not be mounted by mount_ftp because it is not FTP-enabled
                        or because it does not exist, or because node does not have proper access.

     [ECANCELED]        The server directory could not be mounted by mount_ftp because the user did not pro-vide provide
                        vide proper authentication credentials.

Mac OS X                         June 6, 2003                         Mac OS X