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11.3 Environment variables in use
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'ftp' accesses the following environment variables.

'HOME'
     Used for locating a '.netrc' file, if one exists.

'NETRC'
     Alternate location of the '.netrc' file, taking precedence over the
     standard location.

'SHELL'
     For determining the default shell interpreter.