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diff --git a/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp_client.xml b/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp_client.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84705c1dba --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/ftp/doc/src/ftp_client.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>FTP Client</title> + <prepared>Ingela Anderton Andin</prepared> + <responsible></responsible> + <docno></docno> + <approved></approved> + <checked></checked> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + <file>ftp_client.xml</file> + </header> + + <section> + <title>Getting Started</title> + + <p>FTP clients are considered to be rather temporary. Thus, + they are only started and stopped during runtime and cannot + be started at application startup. + The FTP client API is designed to allow some functions to + return intermediate results. This implies that only the process + that started the FTP client can access it with + preserved sane semantics. + If the process that started the FTP session + dies, the FTP client process terminates.</p> + + <p>The client supports IPv6 as long as the underlying mechanisms + also do so.</p> + + <p>The following is a simple example of an FTP session, where + the user <c>guest</c> with password <c>password</c> logs on to + the remote host <c>erlang.org</c>:</p> + <code type="erl"><![CDATA[ + 1> inets:start(). + ok + 2> {ok, Pid} = inets:start(ftpc, [{host, "erlang.org"}]). + {ok,<0.22.0>} + 3> ftp:user(Pid, "guest", "password"). + ok + 4> ftp:pwd(Pid). + {ok, "/home/guest"} + 5> ftp:cd(Pid, "appl/examples"). + ok + 6> ftp:lpwd(Pid). + {ok, "/home/fred"}. + 7> ftp:lcd(Pid, "/home/eproj/examples"). + ok + 8> ftp:recv(Pid, "appl.erl"). + ok + 9> inets:stop(ftpc, Pid). + ok + ]]></code> + <p> The file + <c>appl.erl</c> is transferred from the remote to the local + host. When the session is opened, the current directory at + the remote host is <c>/home/guest</c>, and <c>/home/fred</c> + at the local host. Before transferring the file, the current + local directory is changed to <c>/home/eproj/examples</c>, and + the remote directory is set to + <c>/home/guest/appl/examples</c>.</p> + </section> +</chapter> |