Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

The SetTypeBinary() and SetTypeAscii() method can be called to change the current transfer mode. The default transfer mode is binary. Once SetTypeAscii() or SetTypeBinary() is called, all subsequent transfers will occur in that mode.

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require 'chilkat'

ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.secureftp-test.com")
ftp.put_Username("test")
ftp.put_Password("test")

#  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Set the transfer mode to ASCII
success = ftp.SetTypeAscii()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Upload a file.
localFilename = "hamlet.xml"
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

#  Turn on session logging for the upload:
ftp.put_KeepSessionLog(true)

success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename,remoteFilename)
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  View the session log.  You can verify visually that
#  the transfer was in ascii mode.
print ftp.sessionLog() + "\n";

ftp.Disconnect()

print "File Uploaded!" + "\n"