FTP
This plug downloads a specific file - url - from ftp connection
- anonymous so far - . This is url starting with :
There no specific file, only protocol is relevant.
Actually, download is done through "wget" command.
You can get more information on ftp by looking at ftp man page.
Options
You access options through the plug-in
window.

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"Use passive ... " : Use passive mode for data transfers.
Allows use of ftp in environments where a firewall prevents conections
from the outside world back to the client machine. Requires that the ftp
server support the PASV command.
Switch off only if you really need it, else, let on.
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"Turn On ... " : Toggle filename expansion. If globbing is
turned off, the file name arguments are taken literally and not expanded.
If On, download of multiple match could produce an indetermined result
and state. If you really need to download multiple file from a pattern,
use a real ftp download ( gftp... ) or wget in console mode.
Parsing files
There no parse with ftp.