diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/inets/doc/src/ftp_client.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/ftp_client.xml | 91 |
1 files changed, 91 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp_client.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp_client.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7f62a453a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp_client.xml @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2004</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights 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>Introduction</title> + + <p>Ftp clients are consider to be rather temporary and are + for that reason only started and stopped during + runtime and can not be started at application startup. + Due to the design of FTP client API, letting some + functions return intermediate results, only the process + that started the ftp client will be able to access it in + order to preserve sane semantics. (This could be solved + by changing the API and using the concept of a controlling + process more in line with other OTP applications, but + that is perhaps something for the future.) + If the process that started the ftp session + dies the ftp client process will terminate.</p> + + <p>The client supports ipv6 as long as the underlying mechanisms + also do so. </p> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Using the FTP Client API</title> + <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>, and where 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> + <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> + </section> +</chapter> + + |