HOWTO get access to the BeGenDiv FTP server.
Get an account
Ask a BeGenDiv member to create an FTP user account for you.
Connect to FTP server
Using FileZilla Client
FileZilla is an easy-to-use
FTP client available for Linux, Max and Windows.
- After launching FileZilla, open the "Site Manager":
- Create a new connection for the BeGenDiv FTP server:

Enter the following connection parameters as shown above: Host: | ftp.begendiv.imp.fu-berlin.de |
Port: | 990 (important!) |
Logon Type: | normal |
User: | Your provided username |
Password: | Your provided password |
- Hit "Connect"
Using the command line
On a Linux system, it is best to use the
lftp client if available:
harrem@harrem:~$ lftp -p 990 -u digga ftp.begendiv.imp.fu-berlin.de
Password:
lftp digga@ftp.begendiv.imp.fu-berlin.de:~> ls
-rw-r--r-- 1 191245 10252 42365484 Nov 12 11:12 combined_reads.noN.fasta
-rw-rw-r-- 1 digga 10252 269 Aug 7 15:56 hosts
lftp digga@ftp.begendiv.imp.fu-berlin.de:~> get combined_reads.noN.fasta
42365484 bytes transferred in 21 seconds (1.95M/s)
lftp digga@ftp.begendiv.imp.fu-berlin.de:~>
You can use standard commands like
ls
or
cd
to navigate the FTP folders. Use
get
to download files/folders and
put
for upload.
Other commands are explained in the
lftp manpages.
Using a Web Browser to Download
Any web browser capable of working with the ftp protocol can be used to directly download data from the ftp server. After opening the link
ftp://ftp.begendiv.imp.fu-berlin.de:990/ your web browser should ask you for user name and password and you should be able to browse the ftp server.