Finding an FTP server containing a particular file is easy enough if you know its correct name. Also, knowing the name of the file and resource, you can easily find it for later download.
It is necessary
- - browser;
- - access to the Internet.
Instructions
Step 1
Find an FTP server through one of the sites containing their directory, for example, https://www.filesearch.ru/. In the page that opens, go to the menu with the name "Top 100", after which you will be presented with a list of the most used FTP-resources from around the world. You can also use regular search engines, but this will take you much longer. If you are looking for a city FTP server, you can find out its address from users of city forums or sites.
Step 2
Pay attention to special client programs for working with FTP servers, there are quite a few of them, but some of them differ from the rest by the presence of a search function for available resources, for example, the FTP Info program. Also, many of them already contain a list of the most famous resources, which greatly simplifies your work with finding servers and files on them. Those programs that contain a list of servers need to be updated periodically in order to include newly added resources in the catalog.
Step 3
To search for a particular file located on one of the FTP servers, enter its name in the corresponding line. This is only relevant if this function is provided by the resource interface, which is quite common.
Step 4
Also, to search for files, use the site indicated by the link above, or with the help of their analogues. Here you only need to select the type of element you are looking for in the drop-down menu at the very top of the page.
Step 5
Please note that often the search engines used when working with FTP servers are not adapted enough to search for something written by a similar name, so try to specify the exact file name with respect to punctuation marks, keyboard layout, letter height, and so on, it is also sometimes necessary know the exact extension, but this is rare enough.
