FtpConnect(3)
NAME
FtpConnect - Connect to an FTP server.
SYNOPSIS
#include <ftplib.h> int FtpConnect(const char *host, netbuf **nControl);
PARAMETERS
- host The name of the host machine to connect to and optionally an
- alternate port number to use.
- nControl
- The address where the pointer to the newly created control handle should be stored.
DESCRIPTION
FtpConnect() establishes a connection to the FTP server on the specified machine and returns a handle which can be used to initiate data transfers. The host name should be specified as or :.may be either a host name or ip address. may be either a service name or a port number.
RETURN VALUE
- If the connection to the remote server if successful, FtpConnect()
returns 1. Otherwise, 0 is returned.