FTP Open Session VI

Owning Palette: Intermediate FTP VIs

Requires: Base Development System

Opens an FTP connection to an FTP server.

(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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	address is the TCP/IP address of the remote FTP server.
	remote port is the TCP/IP port at which the server listens. The default is 21, the FTP control port.
	timeout ms specifies the time, in milliseconds, that the VI waits when another VI makes a request on the same session handle before it returns an error. The default is 60,000 ms, or 1 minute.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
	local port is the local TCP/IP port used by the connection.
	ftp session is an FTP session refnum that uniquely identifies the FTP connection.
	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.