Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

FTPDownload ( remotePath ; localPath ; host ; user ; password )

Downloads a file from the specified FTP directory.

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  Sample input:
FTPDownload ( remotePath ; localPath ; host ; user ; password )
  Sample output:
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  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Downloads a file from the specified FTP directory.

The file is always downloaded in PASSIVE mode. If you don't need this, comment out the call to ftp_pasv().

transfers are made using FTP_BINARY.

Requires the SmartPill PHP plug-in from Scodigo.

 

Comments

wolf   wolf, hamburg, Germany
Feb 5, 2013
is it possible to post an example? I get a connection but I think my local or my remote (or both) path is wrong...
 

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