Name
FTP
Synopsis
$inet
->FTP($ftpobject
, server
, username
, pwd
, [port
, pasv
, context
])
$inet
->FTP($ftpobject
, $hashref
)
Description
Opens an FTP connection to server, logging in with the given username and password. The new connection object is saved to ftpobject. The parameters and their values are:
- server
The server to connect to.
- username
The username used to log in to the server. Default is
anonymous
.- pwd
The password used to log in to the server. Default is none.
- port
The port of the FTP service on the server. Default is 21.
- pasv
If it is a value other than 0, use passive transfer mode. Otherwise, it is taken from the parent Internet connection object; you can set this value with the
Pasv
method.- context
A number to identify this operation if it is asynchronous. See
SetStatusCallback
andGetStatusCallback
for more info on asynchronous operations.If you pass a hash reference, the following values are taken from the hash:
%hash=( "server" => "server", "username" => "username", "password" => "password", "port" => port, "pasv" => pasv, "context" => context, );
The
FTP
method returnsundef
if the connection failed, a number otherwise. You can then call any of the FTP functions as methods of the newly-created FTP object.
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