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Function ftpcli_connect

Establish a connection to an FTP server.

int ftpcli_connect(struct ftpcli * cc, 
                   DWORD           host, 
                   char          * username, 
                   char          * password);

Parameters

cc

Pointer to a session context. An application should set this structure to 0 with memset() before calling ftpcli_connect().

host

IP address of FTP server to connect to.

username

User name for logging into the FTP server.

password

Password for logging into the FTP server.

return value

Possible return values for this function are:

ftpcli_connect establishes an FTP control socket connection with the remote host and logs in using the user name and password. If the host server does not request the user name or password, they are not sent. If the routine succeeds, the client context is initialized and ready to be passed to other routines in the library.

ftpcli_connect allocates a TCP socket to be used to connect and send commands to the server. The socket is closed by ftpcli_quit.

FTP Client

FTP Client Configuration

Function ftpcli_mode