<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>
