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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp.xml')
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diff --git a/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp.xml b/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp.xml index 42bece4d38..18770ebcb4 100644 --- a/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp.xml +++ b/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp.xml @@ -38,20 +38,19 @@ according to a subset of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), see <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt">RFC 959</url>.</p> - <p>As from <c>Inets</c> 4.4.1, the FTP - client always tries to use passive FTP mode and only resort + <p>The FTP client always tries to use passive FTP mode and only resort to active FTP mode if this fails. This default behavior can be changed by start option <seealso marker="#mode">mode</seealso>.</p> <marker id="two_start"></marker> <p>An FTP client can be started in two ways. One is using the - <seealso marker="#service_start">Inets service framework</seealso>, - the other is to start it directly as a standalone process + <seealso marker="#service_start">service_start</seealso> function, + the other is to start it directly as a standalone process using function <seealso marker="#open">open</seealso>.</p> <p>For a simple example of an FTP session, see - <seealso marker="ftp_client">Inets User's Guide</seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="ftp_client">FTP User's Guide</seealso>.</p> <p>In addition to the ordinary functions for receiving and sending files (see <c>recv/2</c>, <c>recv/3</c>, <c>send/2</c>, and @@ -82,11 +81,9 @@ <title>FTP CLIENT SERVICE START/STOP</title> <p>The FTP client can be started and stopped dynamically in runtime by - calling the <c>Inets</c> application API - <c>inets:start(ftpc, ServiceConfig)</c>, - or <c>inets:start(ftpc, ServiceConfig, How)</c>, and - <c>inets:stop(ftpc, Pid)</c>. - For details, see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>.</p> + calling the <c>ftp</c> application API + <c>ftp:start_service(ServiceConfig)</c> and + <c>ftp:stop_service(Pid)</c>.</p> <p>The available configuration options are as follows:</p> @@ -273,6 +270,7 @@ </section> <funcs> + <func> <name>account(Pid, Account) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Specifies which account to use.</fsummary> @@ -564,7 +562,7 @@ <desc> <p>Starts a standalone FTP client process - (without the <c>Inets</c> service framework) and + (without the <c>ftp</c> service framework) and opens a session with the FTP server at <c>Host</c>. </p> <p>If option <c>{tls, tls_options()}</c> is present, the FTP session @@ -797,6 +795,37 @@ </func> <func> + <name>start_service(ServiceConfig) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> + <fsummary>Dynamically starts an <c>FTP</c> + session after the <c>ftp</c> application has been started.</fsummary> + <type> + <v>ServiceConfig = [{Option, Value}]</v> + <v>Option = property()</v> + <v>Value = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>Dynamically starts an <c>FTP</c> session after the <c>ftp</c> + application has been started.</p> + <note> + <p>As long as the <c>ftp</c> application is operational, + the FTP sessions are supervised and can be soft code upgraded.</p> + </note> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name>stop_service(Reference) -> ok | {error, Reason} </name> + <fsummary>Stops an FTP session.</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Reference = pid() | term() - service-specified reference</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>Stops a started FTP session.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name>type(Pid, Type) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Sets transfer type to <c>ascii</c>or <c>binary</c>.</fsummary> <type> |