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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">

<erlref>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>1997</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</title>
    <prepared>Peter H&ouml;gfeldt</prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date>1997-11-05</date>
    <rev>B</rev>
    <file>ftp.xml</file>
  </header>
  <module>ftp</module>
  <modulesummary>A File Transfer Protocol client.</modulesummary>

  <description>

    <p>This module implements a client for file transfer
      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
      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 
      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>

    <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
      <c>send/3</c>) there are functions for receiving remote files as
      binaries (see <c>recv_bin/2</c>) and for sending binaries to be
      stored as remote files (see <c>send_bin/3</c>).</p>

    <p>A set of functions is provvided for sending and receiving
      contiguous parts of a file to be stored in a remote file. For send,
      see <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>, <c>send_chunk/2</c>, and
      <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>. For receive, see
      <c>recv_chunk_start/2</c> and <c>recv_chunk/</c>).</p>

    <p>The return values of the following functions depend
      much on the implementation of the FTP server at the remote
      host. In particular, the results from <c>ls</c> and <c>nlist</c>
      varies. Often real errors are not reported as errors by <c>ls</c>,
      even if, for example, a file or directory does not
      exist. <c>nlist</c> is usually more strict, but some
      implementations have the peculiar behaviour of responding with an
      error if the request is a listing of the contents of a directory
      that exists but is empty.</p>

    <marker id="service_start"></marker>
  </description>

  <section>
    <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>

    <p>The available configuration options are as follows:</p>
    
    <taglist>
      <tag>{host, Host}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="host"></marker>
	<p>Host = <c>string() | ip_address()</c></p>
      </item>

      <tag>{port, Port}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="port"></marker>
	<p>Port = <c>integer() > 0</c></p>
	<p>Default is <c>21</c>.</p>
      </item>

      <tag>{mode, Mode}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="mode"></marker>
	<p>Mode = <c>active | passive</c></p>
	<p>Default is <c>passive</c>.</p> 
      </item>

      <tag>{verbose, Verbose}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="verbose"></marker>
	<p>Verbose = <c>boolean()</c> </p>
	<p>Determines if the FTP communication is to be
	  verbose or not.</p>
	<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
      </item>

      <tag>{debug, Debug}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="debug"></marker>
	<p>Debug = <c>trace | debug | disable</c> </p>
	<p>Debugging using the dbg toolkit. </p>
	<p>Default is <c>disable</c>.</p>
      </item>

      <tag>{ipfamily, IpFamily}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="ipfamily"></marker>
	<p>IpFamily = <c>inet | inet6 | inet6fb4</c> </p>
	<p>With <c>inet6fb4</c> the client behaves as before, that is, 
	  tries to use IPv6, and only if that does not work it
          uses IPv4).</p>
	<p>Default is <c>inet</c> (IPv4).</p>
      </item>

      <tag>{timeout, Timeout}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="timeout"></marker>
	<p>Timeout = <c>non_neg_integer()</c></p>
	<p>Connection time-out.</p>
	<p>Default is <c>60000</c> (milliseconds).</p>
      </item>

      <tag>{dtimeout, DTimeout}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="dtimeout"></marker>
	<p>DTimeout = <c>non_neg_integer() | infinity</c> </p>
	<p>Data connect time-out. 
	The time the client waits for the server to connect to the 
	data socket.</p>
	<p>Default is <c>infinity</c>. </p>
      </item>

      <tag>{progress, Progress}</tag>
      <item>
        <marker id="progress"></marker>
	<p>Progress = <c>ignore | {CBModule, CBFunction, InitProgress}</c></p>
	<p><c>CBModule = atom()</c>, <c>CBFunction = atom()</c></p>
	<p><c>InitProgress = term()</c></p>
	<p>Default is <c>ignore</c>.</p>
      </item>  

    </taglist>
  
    <p>Option <c>progress</c> is intended to be used by applications that
      want to create some type of progress report, such as a progress bar in
      a GUI. Default for the progress option is <c>ignore</c>,
      that is, the option is not used. When the progress option is
      specified, the following happens when <c>ftp:send/[3,4]</c> or
      <c>ftp:recv/[3,4]</c> are called:</p>
    
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
	<p>Before a file is transferred, the following call is
	  made to indicate the start of the file transfer and how large
	  the file is. The return value of the callback function
	  is to be a new value for the <c>UserProgressTerm</c> that will
	  be used as input the next time the callback function is
	  called.</p>
	<p><c>
	  CBModule:CBFunction(InitProgress, File, {file_size, FileSize})
	</c></p>
      </item>
      
      <item>
	<p>Every time a chunk of bytes is transferred the
	  following call is made:</p>
	<p><c>
	    CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, {transfer_size, TransferSize})
        </c></p>
      </item>

      <item>
	<p>At the end of the file the following call is
	  made to indicate the end of the transfer:</p>
	<p><c>
	    CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, {transfer_size, 0})      
	</c></p>
      </item>
    </list>
    
    <p>The callback function is to be defined as follows:</p>

    <p><c>
	CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, Size) -> UserProgressTerm
    </c></p>
    
    <p><c>
	CBModule = CBFunction = atom()
      </c></p>

    <p><c>
	UserProgressTerm = term()
      </c></p>

    <p><c>
	File = string()
      </c></p>

    <p><c>
	Size = {transfer_size, integer()} | {file_size, integer()} | {file_size, unknown}
    </c></p>
    
    <p>For remote files, <c>ftp</c> cannot determine the
      file size in a platform independent way. In this case the size
      becomes <c>unknown</c> and it is left to the application to
      determine the size.</p>
    
    <note>
      <p>The callback is made by a middleman process, hence the
	file transfer is not affected by the code in the progress
	callback function. If the callback crashes, this is
	detected by the FTP connection process, which then prints an
	info-report and goes on as if the progress option was set
	to <c>ignore</c>.</p>
    </note>
    
    <p>The file transfer type is set to the default of the FTP server
      when the session is opened. This is usually ASCCI mode.
    </p>
    
    <p>The current local working directory (compare <c>lpwd/1</c>) is set 
      to the value reported by <c>file:get_cwd/1</c>, the wanted
      local directory.
    </p>
    
    <p>The return value <c>Pid</c> is used as a reference to the
      newly created FTP client in all other functions, and they are to
      be called by the process that created the connection. The FTP
      client process monitors the process that created it and
      terminates if that process terminates.</p>   
  </section>
  
  <section>
    <title>DATA TYPES</title>
    <p>The following type definitions are used by more than one
      function in the FTP client API:</p>
    <p><c>pid()</c> = identifier of an FTP connection</p>
    <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p>
    <p><c>shortage_reason()</c> = <c>etnospc | epnospc</c></p>
    <p><c>restriction_reason()</c> = <c>epath | efnamena | elogin | enotbinary</c>
      -  all restrictions are not always relevant to all functions
    </p>
    <p><c>common_reason()</c> = <c>econn | eclosed | term()</c> 
      - some explanation of what went wrong</p>

    <marker id="account"></marker>
  </section>

  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>account(Pid, Account) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Specifies which account to use.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Account = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = eacct | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Sets the account for an operation, if needed.</p>

       <marker id="append"></marker>
       <marker id="append2"></marker>
       <marker id="append3"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>append(Pid, LocalFile) -> </name>
      <name>append(Pid, LocalFile, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Transfers a file to remote server, and appends it to 
      <c>Remotefile</c>.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>LocalFile = RemoteFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = epath | elogin | etnospc | epnospc | efnamena | common_reason</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the file <c>LocalFile</c> to the remote server. If 
          <c>RemoteFile</c> is specified, the name of the remote file that the
          file is appended to is set to <c>RemoteFile</c>, otherwise 
          to <c>LocalFile</c>. If the file does not exists,
          it is created.</p>

       <marker id="append_bin"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>append_bin(Pid, Bin, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Transfers a binary into a remote file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Bin = binary()()</v>
        <v>RemoteFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason()| shortage_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the binary <c>Bin</c> to the remote server and appends 
          it to the file <c>RemoteFile</c>. If the file does not exist, it 
          is created.</p>

       <marker id="append_chunk"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>append_chunk(Pid, Bin) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Appends a chunk to the remote file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Bin = binary()</v>
        <v>Reason = echunk | restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the chunk <c>Bin</c> to the remote server, which 
          appends it to the file specified in the call to 
          <c>append_chunk_start/2</c>.</p>
        <p>For some errors, for example, file system full, it is 
          necessary to call <c>append_chunk_end</c> to get the 
          proper reason.</p>

       <marker id="append_chunk_start"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>append_chunk_start(Pid, File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Starts transfer of file chunks for appending to <c>File</c>.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>File = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Starts the transfer of chunks for appending to the file 
          <c>File</c> at the remote server. If the file does not exist, 
          it is created.</p>

       <marker id="append_chunk_end"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>append_chunk_end(Pid) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Stops transfer of chunks for appending.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Reason = echunk | restriction_reason() | shortage_reason() </v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Stops transfer of chunks for appending to the remote server. 
          The file at the remote server, specified in the call to 
          <c>append_chunk_start/2</c>, is closed by the server.</p>

       <marker id="cd"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>cd(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Changes remote working directory.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Dir = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() </v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Changes the working directory at the remote server to 
          <c>Dir</c>.</p>

       <marker id="close"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>
    
    <func>
      <name>close(Pid) -> ok</name>
      <fsummary>Ends the FTP session.</fsummary>
      <type>
	<v>Pid = pid()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
	<p>Ends an FTP session, created using function
          <seealso marker="#open">open</seealso>.</p>

       <marker id="delete"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>delete(Pid, File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Deletes a file at the remote server.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>File = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Deletes the file <c>File</c> at the remote server.</p>

       <marker id="append"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>formaterror(Tag) -> string()</name>
      <fsummary>Returns error diagnostics.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Tag = {error, atom()} | atom()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Given an error return value <c>{error, AtomReason}</c>,
          this function returns a readable string describing the error.</p>

       <marker id="lcd"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>lcd(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Changes local working directory.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Dir = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Changes the working directory to <c>Dir</c> for the local client.</p>

       <marker id="lpwd"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>lpwd(Pid) -> {ok, Dir}</name>
      <fsummary>Gets local current working directory.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns the current working directory at the local client.</p>

       <marker id="ls"></marker>
       <marker id="ls1"></marker>
       <marker id="ls2"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>ls(Pid) -> </name>
      <name>ls(Pid, Pathname) -> {ok, Listing} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>List of files.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Pathname = string()</v>
        <v>Listing = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns a list of files in long format.</p>
        <p><c>Pathname</c> can be a directory, a group of files, or 
           a file. The <c>Pathname</c> string can contain wildcards.</p>
        <p><c>ls/1</c> implies the current remote directory of the user.</p>
        <p>The format of <c>Listing</c> depends on the operating system. 
          On UNIX, it is typically produced from the output of the 
          <c>ls -l</c> shell command.</p>

       <marker id="mkdir"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>mkdir(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Creates a remote directory.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Dir = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Creates the directory <c>Dir</c> at the remote server.</p>

       <marker id="nlist"></marker>
       <marker id="nlist1"></marker>
       <marker id="nlist2"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>nlist(Pid) -> </name>
      <name>nlist(Pid, Pathname) -> {ok, Listing} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>List of files.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Pathname = string()</v>
        <v>Listing = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns a list of files in short format.</p>
        <p><c>Pathname</c> can be a directory, a group of files, or 
           a file. The <c>Pathname</c> string can contain wildcards.</p>
        <p><c>nlist/1</c> implies the current remote directory of the user.</p>
        <p>The format of <c>Listing</c> is a stream of
          filenames where each filename is separated by &lt;CRLF&gt; or
          &lt;NL&gt;. Contrary to function <c>ls</c>, the purpose of
          <c>nlist</c> is to enable a program to
          process filename information automatically.</p>

       <marker id="open"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>open(Host) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <name>open(Host, Opts) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Starts a standalone FTP client.</fsummary>
      <type>
	<v>Host = string() | ip_address()</v>
	<v>Opts = options()</v>
	<v>options() = [option()]</v>
	<v>option() = start_option() | open_option()</v>
	<v>start_option() = {verbose, verbose()} | {debug, debug()}</v>
	<v>verbose() = boolean() (default is false)</v>
	<v>debug() = disable | debug | trace (default is disable)</v>
	<v>open_option() = {ipfamily, ipfamily()} | {port, port()} | {mode, mode()} | {tls, tls_options()} | {timeout, timeout()} | {dtimeout, dtimeout()} | {progress, progress() | {sock_ctrl, sock_opts()} | {sock_data_act, sock_opts()} | {sock_data_pass, sock_opts()} }</v>
	<v>ipfamily() = inet | inet6 | inet6fb4 (default is inet)</v>
	<v>port() = integer() > 0 (default is 21)</v>
	<v>mode() = active | passive (default is passive)</v>
	<v>tls_options() = [<seealso marker="ssl:ssl#type-ssloption">ssl:ssloption()</seealso>]</v>
	<v>sock_opts() = [<seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#type-option">gen_tcp:option()</seealso> except for ipv6_v6only, active, packet, mode and header</v>
	<v>timeout() = integer() > 0 (default is 60000 milliseconds)</v>
	<v>dtimeout() = integer() > 0 | infinity (default is infinity)</v>
	<v>pogress() = ignore | {module(), function(), initial_data()} (default is ignore)</v>
	<v>module() = atom()</v>
	<v>function() = atom()</v>
	<v>initial_data() = term()</v>
	<v>Reason = ehost | term()</v>
      </type>

      <desc>
	<p>Starts a standalone FTP client process 
          (without the <c>Inets</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 
	is transported over <c>tls</c> (<c>ftps</c>, see 
	<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4217.txt">RFC 4217</url>). 
	The list <c>tls_options()</c> can be empty. The function 
	<seealso marker="ssl:ssl#connect/3"><c>ssl:connect/3</c></seealso> 
	is used for securing both the control connection and the data sessions.
	</p>

	<p>The options <c>sock_ctrl</c>, <c>sock_data_act</c> and <c>sock_data_pass</c> passes options down to 
	the underlying transport layer (tcp). The default value for <c>sock_ctrl</c> is <c>[]</c>. Both 
	<c>sock_data_act</c> and <c>sock_data_pass</c> uses the value of <c>sock_ctrl</c> as default value.
	</p>

        <p>A session opened in this way is closed using function
          <seealso marker="#close">close</seealso>.</p>

       <marker id="pwd"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>pwd(Pid) -> {ok, Dir} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Gets the remote current working directory.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns the current working directory at the remote server.</p>

       <marker id="recv"></marker>
       <marker id="recv2"></marker>
       <marker id="recv3"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>recv(Pid, RemoteFile) -> </name>
      <name>recv(Pid, RemoteFile, LocalFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Transfers a file from remote server.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>RemoteFile = LocalFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() | file_write_error_reason() </v>
        <v>file_write_error_reason() = see file:write/2</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the remote server
          to the file system of the local client. If
          <c>LocalFile</c> is specified, the local file will be
          <c>LocalFile</c>, otherwise
          <c>RemoteFile</c>.</p>
        <p>If the file write fails (for example, <c>enospc</c>), the command is 
	aborted and <c>{error, file_write_error_reason()}</c> is returned. 
	However, the file is <em>not</em> removed.</p>

       <marker id="recv_bin"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>recv_bin(Pid, RemoteFile) -> {ok, Bin} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Transfers a file from remote server as a binary.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Bin = binary()</v>
        <v>RemoteFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the remote server and 
          receives it as a binary.</p>

       <marker id="recv_chunk_start"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>recv_chunk_start(Pid, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Starts chunk-reading of the remote file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>RemoteFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Starts transfer of the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the
          remote server.</p>

       <marker id="recv_chunk"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>recv_chunk(Pid) -> ok | {ok, Bin} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Receives a chunk of the remote file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Bin = binary()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Receives a chunk of the remote file (<c>RemoteFile</c> of 
          <c>recv_chunk_start</c>). The return values have the following 
          meaning:</p>
        <list type="bulleted">
          <item><c>ok</c> = the transfer is complete.</item>
          <item><c>{ok, Bin}</c> = just another chunk of the file.</item>
          <item><c>{error, Reason}</c> = transfer failed.</item>
        </list>

       <marker id="rename"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>rename(Pid, Old, New) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Renames a file at the remote server.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>CurrFile = NewFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Renames <c>Old</c> to <c>New</c> at the remote server.</p>

       <marker id="rmdir"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>rmdir(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Removes a remote directory.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Dir = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Removes directory <c>Dir</c> at the remote server.</p>

       <marker id="send"></marker>
       <marker id="send2"></marker>
       <marker id="send3"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>send(Pid, LocalFile) -></name>
      <name>send(Pid, LocalFile, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Transfers a file to the remote server.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>LocalFile = RemoteFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() | shortage_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the file <c>LocalFile</c> to the remote server. If 
          <c>RemoteFile</c> is specified, the name of the remote file is set
          to <c>RemoteFile</c>, otherwise to <c>LocalFile</c>.</p>

       <marker id="send_bin"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>send_bin(Pid, Bin, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Transfers a binary into a remote file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Bin = binary()()</v>
        <v>RemoteFile = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() | shortage_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the binary <c>Bin</c> into the file <c>RemoteFile</c> 
          at the remote server.</p>

       <marker id="send_chunk"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>send_chunk(Pid, Bin) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Writes a chunk to the remote file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Bin = binary()</v>
        <v>Reason = echunk | restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Transfers the chunk <c>Bin</c> to the remote server, which 
          writes it into the file specified in the call to 
          <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>.</p>
        <p>For some errors, for example, file system full, it is 
          necessary to to call <c>send_chunk_end</c> to get the 
          proper reason.</p>

       <marker id="send_chunk_start"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>send_chunk_start(Pid, File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Starts transfer of file chunks.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>File = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Starts transfer of chunks into the file <c>File</c> at the 
          remote server.</p>

       <marker id="send_chunk_end"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>send_chunk_end(Pid) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Stops transfer of chunks.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() | shortage_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Stops transfer of chunks to the remote server. The file at the
          remote server, specified in the call to <c>send_chunk_start/2</c> 
          is closed by the server.</p>

       <marker id="type"></marker>
      </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>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Type = ascii | binary</v>
        <v>Reason = etype | restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Sets the file transfer type to <c>ascii</c> or <c>binary</c>. When
          an FTP session is opened, the default transfer type of the
          server is used, most often <c>ascii</c>, which is default
          according to <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt">RFC 959</url>.</p>
       <marker id="user3"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>user(Pid, User, Password) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>User login.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>User = Password = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = euser | common_reason()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Performs login of <c>User</c> with <c>Password</c>.</p>

       <marker id="user4"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>user(Pid, User, Password, Account) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>User login.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>User = Password = string()</v>
        <v>Reason = euser | common_reason() </v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Performs login of <c>User</c> with <c>Password</c> to the account 
          specified by <c>Account</c>.</p>

       <marker id="quote"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>quote(Pid, Command) -> [FTPLine]</name>
      <fsummary>Sends an arbitrary FTP command.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
        <v>Command = string()</v>
        <v>FTPLine = string(</v>
      </type>
      <desc><note><p>The telnet end of line characters, from the FTP 
      protocol definition, CRLF, for example, "\\r\\n" has been removed.</p></note>
        <p>Sends an arbitrary FTP command and returns verbatim a list
          of the lines sent back by the FTP server. This function is
          intended to give application accesses to FTP commands
          that are server-specific or that cannot be provided by
          this FTP client.</p>
        <note>
          <p>FTP commands requiring a data connection cannot be
            successfully issued with this function.</p>
        </note>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

  <section>
    <title>ERRORS</title>
    <p>The possible error reasons and the corresponding diagnostic strings 
      returned by <c>formaterror/1</c> are as follows:
      </p>
    <taglist>
      <tag><c>echunk</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Synchronization error during chunk sending according to one 
	of the following:
          </p><list type="bulleted">
	  <item>A call is made to <c>send_chunk/2</c> or <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>
	  before a call to <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>.</item>
	  <item>A call has been made to another transfer function during chunk 
	  sending, that is, before a call to <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>.</item>
           </list>
      </item>
      <tag><c>eclosed</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>The session is closed.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>econn</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Connection to the remote server is prematurely closed.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>ehost</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Host is not found, FTP server is not found, or connection is rejected
          by FTP server.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>elogin</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>User is not logged in.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>enotbinary</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Term is not a binary.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>epath</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>No such file or directory, or directory already exists, or
          permission denied.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>etype</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>No such type.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>euser</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Invalid username or password.</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>etnospc</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Insufficient storage space in system [452].</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>epnospc</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Exceeded storage allocation (for current directory or
          dataset) [552].</p>
      </item>
      <tag><c>efnamena</c></tag>
      <item>
        <p>Filename not allowed [553].</p>
      </item>
    </taglist>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <p><seealso marker="kernel:file">file(3)</seealso>
       <seealso marker="stdlib:filename">filename(3)</seealso>
       and J. Postel and J. Reynolds: File Transfer Protocol
      (<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt">RFC 959</url>).
      </p>
  </section>
  
</erlref>