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FTP_PUT_FILE_MULTIPLE Function

Syntax

C FTP_PUT_FILE_MULTIPLE(C address, C user, C password, C source_files, C source_folder, C destination_folder [, L background])

Arguments

addressCharacter: The FTP address of the transmission.
userCharacter: The user's identity.
passwordCharacter: The user's password.
source_filesCharacter: A list of relative filenames of files to be transferred.
source_folderCharacter: The top level folder name where the source files are stored.
destination_folderCharacter: The name of the folder on the target machine where the files should be transferred. If blank, the files are transferred to the root level specified by the FTP address.
backgroundLogical: Default = .T.. If .T., the file transfer takes place in the background. The progress dialog box that is displayed is modeless. If .F., the file transfer takes place in the foreground. The progress dialog box that is displayed is modal.

Description

Upload a file to a FTP server. The FTP_PUT_FILE_MULTIPLE() function transfers multiple files via FTP. The relative folder structure of the source files is preserved on the target computer.

Example

For example, assume that you have a folder called " c:\mydata " which contains these files:

c:\mydata\page1.a5w
c:\mydata\page2.a5w
c:\mydata\images\image1.jpg
c:\mydata\images\image2.jpg

Here is how you could transfer these files using FTP:

dim list as C
list = <<%a%
page1.a5w
page2.a5w
images\image1.jpg
images\image2.jpg
%a%

FTP_PUT_FILE_MULTIPLE("your.ftpaddress.com", "your_username", "your_password", list, "c:\mydata", "mydata", .f.)