Depending upon the version of FTP and the Operating System being used each of the following commands may or may not work. Generally typing -help or a ? will list the commands available to you.

To get files from the server and place them in your current working directory on the machine you are working type:

get myfile.htm

Where myfile.htm is the name of the file you wish to get from the computer connected to.

To send a file from your computer to the computer you are connected to (providing you have proper rights and the file exists in the current working directory), type:

send myfile.htm

Where myfile.htm is the name of the file that exists in the current directory, if you cannot recall the name of the file use the ! command to temporally get back to a MS-DOS prompt once you have located the file name type exit to get back to the location you left in FTP. 

In MS-DOS FTP I am only able to send files in the directory that I typed FTP in.

Set the LCD, for example if you want to send files that are in the C:\WINDOWS directory type:

LCD c:\windows

When attempting to connect to a FTP address receiving  "10061" error 

This error is caused when the server is refusing the connection.

Attempt to connect to an alternate FTP address.

If you are able to connect to other FTP addresses it is likely the site generating the error 10061 is refusing to accept your connection because of security privileges or because it is not a FTP server. 

If you are unable to connect to any address it is likely a issue with the network or computer configuration. 

1. Ensure that the network configuration settings are properly setup as well as FTP rights.
2. Verify that the firewall is properly setup to accept FTP access.

How to create a Windows FTP script

Create a text document with commands used when in FTP.  Below is an example of what such a script may look like:

open ftp.domain.com
username
password
cd public_html
dir
get file.txt
bye

The above script will log into the ftp site ftp.domain.com. Once logged in it will enter the username and then the password (substitute username for your username and password for your password). Once logged in the script then goes into the public_html directory gets a directory listing and then uses the get command to get the file called file.txt. Once the file is received it logs off using the by command. 

Once the script file has been created for example if it was called script.txt to execute this script with ftp you would type:

ftp -s:script.txt