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Library: omftp - FTP support Include: omftp.xin

Return type: OMX Returns:        FTP connection OMX component.

Declaration

  define external FTPConnection function FTPConnectionOpen
             server     value stream server
             user       value stream username optional initial {anonymous}
             password   value stream password optional initial {anon@anonymous}
             account    value stream account optional initial {""}

This function establishes a connection with an FTP server, and returns an FTP connection OMX component.

Arguments:

• "server" is the machine on which the FTP server resides.
• "username" is the username you wish to use to log into that server (this has a default value of "anonymous").
• "password" is the password you're using to log into the FTP server (this has a default value of "anon@anonymous").
• "account" is an account name.

To use this function, you must include the following line near the start of your program:

  include "omftp.xin"

Example:

  ; open a connection and check for errors
  set MyCon to FTPConnectionOpen server "foo"
                                 user   "bar"
                                 password "baz"

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