ftp_client: ftp client

In sckott/ftp: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client for R

Description

ftp client

Arguments

path	(character) a path to cache files in. required
type	(character) type of cache. One of user_cache_dir (default), user_log_dir, user_data_dir, user_config_dir, site_data_dir, site_config_dir. required

Details

Methods

pwd()

Print working directory

cd()

Change directory

ftp_port()

Change ftp port

set_pasv()

Change directory

get()

Get a file from remote server

list()

List files on remote server

Examples

## Not run: 
(x <- ftp_client("ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/"))
x$pwd()
x$list()

x$cd("daily")
x$pwd()
x$list()

# turn on active
x$set_pasv(TRUE)
x

# change port
# x$ftp_port(4567)

# get a file
x$get('ghcnd-states.txt', disk = (f <- tempfile()))
readLines(f, n = 10)
close(file(f))

# put a file
x <- ftp_client("ftp://speedtest.tele2.net/")
x$cd('upload')
x$list()
f <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
writeLines("foo\nbar\n", con = f)
readLines(f)
res <- x$put(f, TRUE)

## End(Not run)

sckott/ftp documentation built on Sept. 3, 2020, 7:22 p.m.