FTP Logon VI

Owning Palette: Intermediate FTP VIs

Requires: Base Development System

Logs on to an FTP server.

Logs on using the USER, PASS, ACCT, and CWD commands.

(NI Linux Real-Time) The FTP server is disabled by default, and you cannot use it in safe mode. National Instruments recommends using WebDAV as the file transfer mechanism for improved security.

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	ftp session contains the refnum to an FTP session.
	user is the name you want to use to log on to the FTP server. The default is anonymous. (NI Linux Real-Time) You must specify anonymous as the value for this input. For NI Linux Real-Time targets, the FTP server does not accept NI-Auth credentials.
	password is the password that authenticates the username. (NI Linux Real-Time) You must specify a blank password. For NI Linux Real-Time targets, the FTP server does not accept NI-Auth credentials.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
	account is the account used to log on to the FTP server.
	starting path is the directory to which the FTP server changes.
	ftp session out returns the same value as ftp session.
	reply code is the FTP status code in the reply string.
	reply string is the reply that the FTP server returns.
	error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.