Perl

Append Text Content to a Remote FTP File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.AppendFileFromTextData method, which appends text (encoded with a charset) to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the text, and the charset.

Background: This is the append equivalent of PutFileFromTextData — the simplest way to add a line or record to a remote log or data file directly from a string, with no local file involved. The charset controls the encoding of the appended content; the remote filename's own encoding is handled separately.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.AppendFileFromTextData method, which appends text (encoded with a
#  charset) to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the text, and
#  the 3rd is the charset.

$ftp = chilkat::CkFtp2->new();

$ftp->put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
$ftp->put_Username("myFtpLogin");

#  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
#  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$ftp->put_Password("myPassword");

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Append a log line directly, with no local file involved.
$line = "2026-07-27 12:00:00  server started\n";
$success = $ftp->AppendFileFromTextData("logs/app.log",$line,"utf-8");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Appended a log line." . "\r\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}