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function   FTPConnectionRemoteInputFile    

Library: omftp - FTP support
Include: omftp.xin

Declaration

  define external source function FTPConnectionRemoteInputFile
                          value FTPConnection this-FTPConnection
                   file   value stream remote-filename


Purpose

This is an external source function for reading a remote file on an FTP server. The FTP connection is locked during the lifetime of this source. Any library call that uses the connection will signal an exception while the source is active. Error inquiry functions and the close functions are exceptions and are allowed while the source is active.

Arguments:

Examples:

  ; read a remote file and put it to #current-output
  output FTPConnectionRemoteInputFile MyCon file "test.dat"

  ; submit a remote file to a set of rules that count letters
  set lc to 0  ; this is a global integer declared earlier
  using group lcount submit FTPConnectionRemoteInputFile MyCon file "test.dat"
  output "Letter-count = %d(lc)%n"
  ...

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Other Library Functions
   FTPConnectionChangeDir
   FTPConnectionClose
   FTPConnectionDelete
   FTPConnectionDeleteDir
   FTPConnectionGetStatusReport
   FTPConnectionGetWorkingDir
   FTPConnectionIsInError
   FTPConnectionIsOpen
   FTPConnectionListDir
   FTPConnectionMakeDir
   FTPConnectionOpen
   FTPConnectionRemoteInputFile
   FTPConnectionRemoteOutputFile
   FTPConnectionSetASCII
   FTPConnectionSetBinary
   FTPIsVersionCompatible
   FTPLibraryVersion
 
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