<html lang="en"> <head> <title>FTP Objects - GNU Octave</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="GNU Octave"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Networking-Utilities.html#Networking-Utilities" title="Networking Utilities"> <link rel="next" href="URL-Manipulation.html#URL-Manipulation" title="URL Manipulation"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="FTP-Objects"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="URL-Manipulation.html#URL-Manipulation">URL Manipulation</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Networking-Utilities.html#Networking-Utilities">Networking Utilities</a> <hr> </div> <h4 class="subsection">36.4.1 FTP Objects</h4> <!-- @ftp/ftp scripts/@ftp/ftp.m --> <p><a name="doc_002d_0040_0040ftp_002fftp"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function File: <var>f</var> = <b>ftp</b> (<var>host</var>)<var><a name="index-ftp-3225"></a></var><br> — Function File: <var>f</var> = <b>ftp</b> (<var>host, username, password</var>)<var><a name="index-ftp-3226"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Connect to the FTP server <var>host</var> with <var>username</var> and <var>password</var>. If <var>username</var> and <var>password</var> are not specified, user "anonymous" with no password is used. The returned FTP object <var>f</var> represents the established FTP connection. </p></blockquote></div> <!-- @ftp/mget scripts/@ftp/mget.m --> <p><a name="doc_002d_0040_0040ftp_002fmget"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function File: <b>mget</b> (<var>f, file</var>)<var><a name="index-mget-3227"></a></var><br> — Function File: <b>mget</b> (<var>f, dir</var>)<var><a name="index-mget-3228"></a></var><br> — Function File: <b>mget</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small>, target</var>)<var><a name="index-mget-3229"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Download a remote file <var>file</var> or directory <var>dir</var> to the local directory on the FTP connection <var>f</var>. <var>f</var> is an FTP object returned by the <code>ftp</code> function. <p>The arguments <var>file</var> and <var>dir</var> can include wildcards and any files or directories on the remote server that match will be downloaded. <p>If a third argument <var>target</var> is given, then a single file or directory will be downloaded with the name <var>target</var> to the local directory. </p></blockquote></div> <!-- @ftp/mput scripts/@ftp/mput.m --> <p><a name="doc_002d_0040_0040ftp_002fmput"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function File: <b>mput</b> (<var>f, file</var>)<var><a name="index-mput-3230"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Upload the local file <var>file</var> into the current remote directory on the FTP connection <var>f</var>. <var>f</var> is an FTP object returned by the ftp function. <p>The argument <var>file</var> is passed by the <dfn>glob</dfn> function and any files that match the wildcards in <var>file</var> will be uploaded. </p></blockquote></div> <!-- @ftp/ascii scripts/@ftp/ascii.m --> <p><a name="doc_002d_0040_0040ftp_002fascii"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function File: <b>ascii</b> (<var>f</var>)<var><a name="index-ascii-3231"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Put the FTP connection <var>f</var> into ascii mode. <var>f</var> is an FTP object returned by the <code>ftp</code> function. </p></blockquote></div> <!-- @ftp/binary scripts/@ftp/binary.m --> <p><a name="doc_002d_0040_0040ftp_002fbinary"></a> <div class="defun"> — Function File: <b>binary</b> (<var>f</var>)<var><a name="index-binary-3232"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p>Put the FTP connection <var>f</var> into binary mode. <var>f</var> is an FTP object returned by the <code>ftp</code> function. </p></blockquote></div> </body></html>