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I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
as background process.
And Please tell me how to proceed. I have a webinterface which will
take the inputs "username" "password"
"Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
I should be able to access that file and get it.

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> I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
> as background process.
> And Please tell me how to proceed. I have a webinterface which will
> take the inputs "username" "password"
> "Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
> I should be able to access that file and get it.
check out decent library for that. I'd suggest having a look at
libcurl

Regards
Friedrich


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In article <4cd3c199-f3cb-4640-bd4a->,
<> wrote:

>I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
>as background process.
>And Please tell me how to proceed.

The C language predates TCP/IP by about a decade.

>I have a webinterface which will

The C language predates web interfaces by about 25 years.

>take the inputs "username" "password"
>"Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
>I should be able to access that file and get it.

You will have to use platform-specific methods to do any networking.
None of the C standards support any kind of networking (at all, in any
form.) You might be able to find a more-or-less portable third-party
non-standard library that handles all of the systems that you are
interested in having your code run on. Or you might not. Ask in
newsgroups that deal with development on the platforms you are
interested in.
--
"The quirks and arbitrariness we observe force us to the
conclusion that ours is not the only universe." -- Walter Kistler

On 2 Apr 2008 at 5:24, Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
> writes:
>
>> I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
>> as background process.
>> And Please tell me how to proceed. I have a webinterface which will
>> take the inputs "username" "password"
>> "Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
>> I should be able to access that file and get it.
> check out decent library for that. I'd suggest having a look at
> libcurl

libcurl will certainly do what you want, but be aware that it's an
extremely powerful (and therefore extremely large and complex) library.

If you just want a basic ftp library (which is what it sounds like), and
aren't worried about clever stuff like multiple connections or being
able to use other protocols besides ftp, then ftplib will probably be
more suitable.

Alternatively, the ftp protocol isn't really that complicated - you
could have fun writing your own implementation just using the standard
networking functions for your system

In article <>,
Antoninus Twink <> wrote:
>On 2 Apr 2008 at 5:24, Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
>> writes:
>>
>>> I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
>>> as background process.
>>> And Please tell me how to proceed. I have a webinterface which will
>>> take the inputs "username" "password"
>>> "Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
>>> I should be able to access that file and get it.
>> check out decent library for that. I'd suggest having a look at
>> libcurl

>libcurl will certainly do what you want, but be aware that it's an
>extremely powerful (and therefore extremely large and complex) library.

>If you just want a basic ftp library (which is what it sounds like), and
>aren't worried about clever stuff like multiple connections or being
>able to use other protocols besides ftp, then ftplib will probably be
>more suitable.

Note though that the OP is going through a web interface with
username and password. That implies that one of the HTTP
authentication mechanisms is possibly in use; at the very least,
an HTTP FORM is in use. If, that is, the original poster was
accurate in saying "a webinterface" and it isn't just FTP -type
prompts.
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On 2 Apr 2008 at 7:50, Walter Roberson wrote:
> In article <>,
> Antoninus Twink <> wrote:
>>On 2 Apr 2008 at 5:24, Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
>>> writes:
>>>
>>>> I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
>>>> as background process.
>>>> And Please tell me how to proceed. I have a webinterface which will
>>>> take the inputs "username" "password"
>>>> "Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
>>>> I should be able to access that file and get it.
>>> check out decent library for that. I'd suggest having a look at
>>> libcurl
>
>>libcurl will certainly do what you want, but be aware that it's an
>>extremely powerful (and therefore extremely large and complex) library.
>
>>If you just want a basic ftp library (which is what it sounds like), and
>>aren't worried about clever stuff like multiple connections or being
>>able to use other protocols besides ftp, then ftplib will probably be
>>more suitable.
>
> Note though that the OP is going through a web interface with
> username and password. That implies that one of the HTTP
> authentication mechanisms is possibly in use; at the very least,
> an HTTP FORM is in use. If, that is, the original poster was
> accurate in saying "a webinterface" and it isn't just FTP -type
> prompts.

I'd assumed the OP was writing something like a cgi program, so that the
information supplied on the web form was somehow passed to the OP's
program as arguments or environment variables - of course if the OP is
implementing an HTTP transfer in his program as well, then libcurl would
be a good choice.

On Apr 2, 1:29 pm, Antoninus Twink <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2008 at 7:50, Walter Roberson wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <slrnfv6e88.22m.nos...@nospam.invalid>,
> > Antoninus Twink <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >>On 2 Apr 2008 at 5:24, Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
> >>> rkpop...@gmail.com writes:
>
> >>>> I want to connect to ftp server and automatically It should be running
> >>>> as background process.
> >>>> And Please tell me how to proceed. I have a webinterface which will
> >>>> take the inputs "username" "password"
> >>>> "Ipaddr" and "reomte file name containg its path". Now Want I need is
> >>>> I should be able to access that file and get it.
> >>> check out decent library for that. I'd suggest having a look at
> >>> libcurl
>
> >>libcurl will certainly do what you want, but be aware that it's an
> >>extremely powerful (and therefore extremely large and complex) library.
>
> >>If you just want a basic ftp library (which is what it sounds like), and
> >>aren't worried about clever stuff like multiple connections or being
> >>able to use other protocols besides ftp, then ftplib will probably be
> >>more suitable.
>
> > Note though that the OP is going through a web interface with
> > username and password. That implies that one of the HTTP
> > authentication mechanisms is possibly in use; at the very least,
> > an HTTP FORM is in use. If, that is, the original poster was
> > accurate in saying "a webinterface" and it isn't just FTP -type
> > prompts.
>
> I'd assumed the OP was writing something like a cgi program, so that the
> information supplied on the web form was somehow passed to the OP's
> program as arguments or environment variables - of course if the OP is
> implementing an HTTP transfer in his program as well, then libcurl would
> be a good choice.

Please tell me the specific APIs in this context since I have to
communicate basic functions like loading file from remote system.

wrote:
>
> Please tell me the specific APIs in this context since I have to
> communicate basic functions like loading file from remote system.


I do not see why we should do your job for you.

It is *your* job to load a file from the remote system,
not ours. We can give you hints as to what to use,
but do not expect that we work for you for free. Sorry.

You download libcurl, you read the docs, you find the
API, you use it.

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jacob at jacob point remcomp point fr
logiciels/informatique
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32

Antoninus Twink <> writes:

>
> libcurl will certainly do what you want, but be aware that it's an
> extremely powerful (and therefore extremely large and complex)
> library.
With all respect but the easy_curl interface is as the name suggest
easy.
>
> Alternatively, the ftp protocol isn't really that complicated - you
> could have fun writing your own implementation just using the standard
> networking functions for your system
I can not see the fun in re-implementing something (with high
likliness much worse) than relying on time proved libraries. So I
disagree

Regards
Friedrich



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Friedrich Dominicus <just-for-news->
writes:

> Antoninus Twink <> writes:
>
>>
>> libcurl will certainly do what you want, but be aware that it's an
>> extremely powerful (and therefore extremely large and complex)
> > library.
> With all respect but the easy_curl interface is as the name suggest
> easy.
>>
>> Alternatively, the ftp protocol isn't really that complicated - you
>> could have fun writing your own implementation just using the standard
>> networking functions for your system
> I can not see the fun in re-implementing something (with high
> likliness much worse) than relying on time proved libraries. So I
> disagree
>
> Regards
> Friedrich

Which part of "fun" confused you? Would you also outlaw all "write a
telephone database" courses in the first year at Uni? it#s called
learning by doing.