Thread: Calling an FTP from within a program

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    Calling an FTP from within a program

    I want to do an ftp get from within a c program, running on a solaris box. As far as I am aware there is no standard library function for this. Does anyone know of such a function or can they suggest an alternative.
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    > As far as I am aware there is no standard library function for this.
    There isn't, but 20 seconds of searching found this
    http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/libs/ftplib-3.1-src.tar.gz

    Or you could do something crude like
    system("ftp");

    To run the resident FTP program

    See the FAQ for better ways of running programs from within programs

    See your local man pages for help on using your ftp program in a non-interactive mode

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    Thank you for the link. Local man pages are pretty crap on using ftp in a non-interactive mode. I am interested in learning how it could be done if need be. Have you got a better source than me?

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