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list, delete files, and create directories. See below for descriptions and examples of how |
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to perform each task.</p> |
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<p><b>Note:</b> This task depends on external libraries not included in the Ant distribution. |
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See <a href="../install.html#commons-net">Library Dependencies</a> for more information.</p> |
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See <a href="../install.html#commons-net">Library Dependencies</a> for more information. |
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<i>Get the latest version of this library, for the best support in Ant</i> |
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</p> |
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<p>The ftp task attempts to determine what file system is in place on the FTP server. |
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Supported server types are Unix, NT, OS2, VMS, and OS400. In addition, NT and OS400 servers |
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which have been configured to display the directory in Unix style are also supported correctly. |
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@@ -31,11 +34,17 @@ This task does not currently use the proxy information set by the |
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<a href="setproxy.html"><code><setproxy></code></a> task, and cannot go through |
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a firewall via socks. |
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<p> |
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<b>Warning: </b> there have been problems reported concerning the ftp get with newer attribute. |
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<b>Warning: </b> there have been problems reported concerning the ftp get with the <code>newer</code> attribute. |
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Problems might be due to format of ls -l differing from what is expected by commons-net, |
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for instance due to specificities of language used by the ftp server in the directory listing. |
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If you encounter such a problem, please send an email including a sample directory listing |
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coming from your ftp server (ls -l on the ftp prompt). |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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If you can connect but not upload or download, try setting the <code>passive</code> |
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attribute to true to use the existing (open) channel, instead of having the server |
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try to set up a new connection.</p> |
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<h3>Parameters</h3> |
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<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> |
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<tr> |
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@@ -89,7 +98,9 @@ coming from your ftp server (ls -l on the ftp prompt). |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<td valign="top">passive</td> |
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<td valign="top">selects passive-mode ("yes") transfers. |
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<td valign="top">selects passive-mode ("yes") transfers, for |
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better through-firewall connectivity, at the price |
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of performance. |
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Defaults to "no"</td> |
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td> |
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</tr> |
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Steve Loughran
20 years ago