+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Name: ftp.tex
+%% Purpose: wxFTP documentation
+%% Author: Guilhem Lavaux, Vadim Zeitlin
+%% Modified by:
+%% Created: ~1997
+%% RCS-ID: $Id$
+%% Copyright: (c) wxWindows team
+%% License: wxWindows license
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
\section{\class{wxFTP}}\label{wxftp}
+wxFTP can be used to establish a connection to an FTP server and perform all the
+usual operations. Please consult the RFC 959 for more details about the FTP
+protocol.
+
+To use a commands which doesn't involve file transfer (i.e. directory oriented
+commands) you just need to call a corresponding member function or use the
+generic \helpref{SendCommand}{wxftpsendcommand} method. However to actually
+transfer files you just get or give a stream to or from this class and the
+actual data are read or written using the usual stream methods.
+
+Example of using wxFTP for file downloading:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ wxFTP ftp;
+
+ // if you don't use these lines anonymous login will be used
+ ftp.SetUser("user");
+ ftp.SetPassword("password");
+
+ if ( !ftp.Connect("ftp.wxwindows.org") )
+ {
+ wxLogError("Couldn't connect");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ ftp.ChDir("/pub");
+ wxInputStream *in = ftp.GetInputStream("wxWindows-4.2.0.tar.gz");
+ if ( !in )
+ {
+ wxLogError("Coudln't get file");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ size_t size = in->GetSize();
+ char *data = new char[size];
+ if ( !in->Read(data, size) )
+ {
+ wxLogError("Read error");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // file data is in the buffer
+ ...
+ }
+
+ delete [] data;
+ delete in;
+ }
+\end{verbatim}
+
+To upload a file you would do (assuming the connection to the server was opened
+successfully):
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ wxOutputStream *out = ftp.GetOutputStream("filename");
+ if ( out )
+ {
+ out->Write(...); // your data
+ delete out;
+ }
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Constants}
+
+wxFTP defines constants corresponding to the two supported transfer modes:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+enum TransferMode
+{
+ ASCII,
+ BINARY
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
\wxheading{Derived from}
\helpref{wxProtocol}{wxprotocol}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxFTP::SendCommand}
+\membersection{wxFTP::wxFTP}
+
+\func{}{wxFTP}{\void}
+
+Default constructor.
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::\destruct{wxFTP}}
+
+\func{}{\destruct{wxFTP}}{\void}
+
+Destructor will close the connection if connected.
-\func{bool}{SendCommand}{\param{const wxString\&}{ command}, \param{char }{ret}}
+\membersection{wxFTP::Abort}\label{wxftpabort}
-Send the specified \it{command} to the FTP server. \it{ret} specifies
+\func{bool}{Abort}{\void}
+
+Aborts the download currently in process, returns {\tt true} if ok, {\tt false}
+if an error occured.
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::CheckCommand}
+
+\func{bool}{CheckCommand}{\param{const wxString\&}{ command}, \param{char }{ret}}
+
+Send the specified {\it command} to the FTP server. {\it ret} specifies
the expected result.
\wxheading{Return value}
-TRUE, if the command has been sent successfully, else FALSE.
+true if the command has been sent successfully, else false.
-% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\membersection{wxFTP::SendCommand}\label{wxftpsendcommand}
+
+\func{char}{SendCommand}{\param{const wxString\&}{ command}}
+
+Send the specified {\it command} to the FTP server and return the first
+character of the return code.
\membersection{wxFTP::GetLastResult}
\func{const wxString\&}{GetLastResult}{\void}
-Returns the last command result.
+Returns the last command result, i.e. the full server reply for the last
+command.
% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\func{bool}{ChDir}{\param{const wxString\&}{ dir}}
Change the current FTP working directory.
-Returns TRUE if successful.
+Returns true if successful.
\membersection{wxFTP::MkDir}
\func{bool}{MkDir}{\param{const wxString\&}{ dir}}
Create the specified directory in the current FTP working directory.
-Returns TRUE if successful.
+Returns true if successful.
\membersection{wxFTP::RmDir}
\func{bool}{RmDir}{\param{const wxString\&}{ dir}}
Remove the specified directory from the current FTP working directory.
-Returns TRUE if successful.
+Returns true if successful.
\membersection{wxFTP::Pwd}
\func{bool}{Rename}{\param{const wxString\&}{ src}, \param{const wxString\&}{ dst}}
-Rename the specified \it{src} element to \it{dst}. Returns TRUE if successful.
+Rename the specified {\it src} element to {\it dst}. Returns true if successful.
% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\func{bool}{RmFile}{\param{const wxString\&}{ path}}
-Delete the file specified by \it{path}. Returns TRUE if successful.
+Delete the file specified by {\it path}. Returns true if successful.
+
+% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::SetAscii}
+
+\func{bool}{SetAscii}{\void}
+
+Sets the transfer mode to ASCII. It will be used for the next transfer.
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::SetBinary}
+
+\func{bool}{SetBinary}{\void}
+
+Sets the transfer mode to binary (IMAGE). It will be used for the next transfer.
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::SetTransferMode}
+
+\func{bool}{SetTransferMode}{\param{TransferMode }{mode}}
+
+Sets the transfer mode to the specified one. It will be used for the next
+transfer.
+
+If this function is never called, binary transfer mode is used by default.
% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\wxheading{Remark}
This parameter can be included in a URL if you want to use the URL manager.
-For example, you can use: "ftp://a_user:a_password@a.host:service/a_directory/a_file"
+For example, you can use: "ftp://a\_user:a\_password@a.host:service/a\_directory/a\_file"
to specify a user and a password.
\membersection{wxFTP::SetPassword}
\wxheading{Remark}
This parameter can be included in a URL if you want to use the URL manager.
-For example, you can use: "ftp://a\_user:a\_password@a.host:service/a_directory/a\_file"
+For example, you can use: "ftp://a\_user:a\_password@a.host:service/a\_directory/a\_file"
to specify a user and a password.
% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-\membersection{wxFTP::GetList}
-\func{wxList *}{GetList}{\param{const wxString\&}{ wildcard}}
+\membersection{wxFTP::FileExists}\label{wxftpfileexists}
+
+\func{bool}{FileExists}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the given remote file exists, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::GetFileSize}\label{wxftpgetfilesize}
+
+\func{int}{GetFileSize}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
+
+Returns the file size in bytes or $-1$ if the file doesn't exist or the size
+couldn't be determined. Notice that this size can be approximative size only
+and shouldn't be used for allocating the buffer in which the remote file is
+copied, for example.
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::GetDirList}\label{wxftpgetdirlist}
+
+\func{bool}{GetDirList}{\param{wxArrayString\& }{files}, \param{const wxString\&}{ wildcard = ""}}
The GetList function is quite low-level. It returns the list of the files in
-the current directory. The list can be filtered using the \it{wildcard} string.
-If \it{wildcard} is a NULL string, it will return all files in directory.
+the current directory. The list can be filtered using the {\it wildcard} string.
+If {\it wildcard} is empty (default), it will return all files in directory.
The form of the list can change from one peer system to another. For example,
for a UNIX peer system, it will look like this:
1 file(s) 520 196 bytes
\end{verbatim}
-The list is a string list and one node corresponds to a line sent by the peer.
+Return value: true if the file list was successfully retrieved, false
+otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetFilesList}{wxftpgetfileslist}
+
+\membersection{wxFTP::GetFilesList}\label{wxftpgetfileslist}
+
+\func{bool}{GetFilesList}{\param{wxArrayString\& }{files}, \param{const wxString\&}{ wildcard = ""}}
+
+This function returns the computer-parsable list of the files in the current
+directory (optionally only of the files matching the {\it wildcard}, all files
+by default). This list always has the same format and contains one full
+(including the directory path) file name per line.
+
+Return value: true if the file list was successfully retrieved, false
+otherwise.
% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\func{wxOutputStream *}{GetOutputStream}{\param{const wxString\&}{ file}}
-Initializes an output stream to the specified \it{file}. The returned
+Initializes an output stream to the specified {\it file}. The returned
stream has all but the seek functionality of wxStreams. When the user finishes
writing data, he has to delete the stream to close it.
\func{wxInputStream *}{GetInputStream}{\param{const wxString\&}{ path}}
-Creates a new input stream on the the specified path. You can use all but seek
-functionnality of wxStream. Seek isn't available on all stream. For example,
-http or ftp streams doesn't deal with it. Other functions like Tell
-aren't available for the moment for this sort of stream.
+Creates a new input stream on the the specified path. You can use all but the seek
+functionality of wxStream. Seek isn't available on all streams. For example,
+http or ftp streams do not deal with it. Other functions like Tell
+are not available for this sort of stream, at present.
You will be notified when the EOF is reached by an error.
\wxheading{Return value}
-Returns NULL if an error occured (it could be a network failure or the fact
+Returns NULL if an error occurred (it could be a network failure or the fact
that the file doesn't exist).
-Returns the initialized stream. You will have to delete it yourself once you
-don't use it anymore. The destructor close the DATA stream connection but
-will leave the COMMAND stream connection opened. It means that you still
-can send new commands without reconnecting.
+Returns the initialized stream. You will have to delete it yourself when you
+don't need it anymore. The destructor closes the DATA stream connection but
+will leave the COMMAND stream connection opened. It means that you can still
+send new commands without reconnecting.
\wxheading{Example of a standalone connection (without wxURL)}
\begin{verbatim}
wxFTP ftp;
- wxInputStream *in\_stream;
+ wxInputStream *in_stream;
char *data;
ftp.Connect("a.host.domain");
- ftp.ChDir("a\_directory");
- in\_stream = ftp.GetInputStream("a\_file\_to\_get");
+ ftp.ChDir("a_directory");
+ in_stream = ftp.GetInputStream("a_file_to_get");
- data = new char[in\_stream->StreamSize()];
+ data = new char[in_stream->GetSize()];
- in\_stream->Read(data, in\_stream->StreamSize());
- if (in\_stream->LastError() != wxStream\_NOERROR) {
+ in_stream->Read(data, in_stream->GetSize());
+ if (in_stream->LastError() != wxStream_NOERROR) {
// Do something.
}
- delete in\_stream; /* Close the DATA connection */
+ delete in_stream; /* Close the DATA connection */
ftp.Close(); /* Close the COMMAND connection */
\end{verbatim}