form - Change or query transfer format

The form command sets the transfer format or returns details on the current transfer format. The currently set transfer format can also be determined with the status command.

form

[file]

file

Sets the transfer format to FILE.
If no operand is specified, details on the current transfer format are output on the screen.

The FTP standard provides for a number of different, optional transfer formats. Of these only the transfer format FILE is implemented in BS2000. The form command is included here only for compatibility with other implementations of FTP.