Why does the File Transfer Protocol be used?

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) protocol as the name states, is used for transferring the files from one system to another system. There are many reasons and purposes of using FTP protocol,

Copying pasting files from client machines to server machines. Instead of opening up the control panel, logging in, going to file manager and then pasting or uploading files one by one there.
Many hosting providers use this services by default, to allow customers to publish their web application's source code to the hosting environment.
FTP is also used to deploy applications "from server to client". Such as, you publish a new update to your application. FTP can be used to publish those changes and customers can get and download them easily.

There are many software packages available to manage FTP protocol, and their names are also FTP -- making FTP a protocol, as well as service.

For more on this, please read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol

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Joe Wilson9y ago
Well, Thank you very much for your answers.
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Cassie Mod9y ago
use SFTP
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan9y ago
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) protocol as the name states, is used for transferring the files from one system to another system. There are many reasons and purposes of using FTP protocol,
Copying pasting files from client machines to server machines. Instead of opening up the control panel, logging in, going to file manager and then pasting or uploading files one by one there.
Many hosting providers use this services by default, to allow customers to publish their web application's source code to the hosting environment.
FTP is also used to deploy applications "from server to client". Such as, you publish a new update to your application. FTP can be used to publish those changes and customers can get and download them easily.
There are many software packages available to manage FTP protocol, and their names are also FTP -- making FTP a protocol, as well as service.
For more on this, please read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
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