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Most servers organize their files among folders just like the Macintosh (although on other operating systems folders are often referred to as directories). Unless the file you want to download is in the first folder displayed by the server when you connect — which is usually either your home folder or the root folder (denoted by "/") — you'll have to navigate to the folder where the file is located. The name of the current folder is displayed in the title bar of the transfer window. The central part of the transfer window, the file list, contains the names of the files and subfolders for the current folder.

Example:

As in the previous step, open a connection to ftp.fetchsoftworks.com. You should see the transfer window. Your current folder will be "/", and you will see some folders in the file list.

For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll navigate to one of the folders.

You can change the current folder in several ways:

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