So as the topic suggests accesing a ftp site from a command promt? heh how many of you people knew that is possible … ? well if you know how to or are pro at this at are laughing at me .. then pls do not read further cause it would amuse this is no end 
.. but if you are hearing this for the first time then do continue !! ( For windows users )
First of all in the run command box type cmd.exe this would open the command prompt ( the rest of the article is for people who love to work in the command prompt cause it’s cool!! ) in the command prompt
type ftp website(url) of eg ( ftp.gimp.org or ftp.skynet.be)
for user give anonymous
in password : give a valid e-mail id .. some websites stop checking after the @ so check if this one does it! (if you have an user name and a password in your ftp site do enter that though most websites tend to take an anonymous user it’s not necessary) .
type dir to see a list of all files in the root folder that the folder that you enter first.( btw if you type that and you see a connection closed by the remote host ..like it was for me!!.. then just type user “your-username or anonymous” again)
then type cd “directory name” to enter the directory you want ..
type get “file name” to download files and
type put “file name” if you got upload rights to the folder ..
mget or mput commands can be used to download or upload multiple files ..
get a list of all ftp commands here FTP Commands. or just type help to get a list of all commans then do a “? command” to check what the command does .. awesome right btw the command to exit the ftp mode is bye .. 
Sala Kahle! ( btw the climate is awesome for blogging heh mumbaikers )
P.S : a goof ftp search engine FTP Search.
