Alertra Script Language 1.9

ftp

Connects to an FTP server. Optionally can retrieve a file from that server.

usage: ftp [path] [userid] [password] [size]

parameters:

req name type description
Y path expression The directory path to change to after logging in. You can specify a complete file path; if you do the file up to 'size' will be downloaded.
N userid expression The userid to use when logging into the FTP server
N password expression The password to use when logging into the FTP server
N size expression The maximum amount (in bytes) of the file to download if a file was specified.

examples

ftp "/" "anonymous" "joe@garage.com"

Connects to the FTP server identified in the last dns command. The user "anonymous" and password "joe@garage.com" are supplied if the FTP server asks for authentication.

ftp "pub/readme.txt" "fzappa" "joe@garage.com" "50"

Connects to the FTP server identified in the last dns command. The user "fzappa" and password "joe@garage.com" are supplied if the FTP server asks for authentication. The first 50 bytes of the file "pub/readme.txt" are downloaded and stored in $CONTENT.


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