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Download an FTP File as ANSI Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding. The only argument is the remote filename.

Background: A convenience for reading a remote text file straight into a string, assuming ANSI encoding. "ANSI" is platform-dependent (the Windows code page on Windows), so this is only reliable for plain ASCII or content you know is in that encoding — for UTF-8 or any explicitly known charset, use GetRemoteFileTextC and name the encoding.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns
# its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding.  The only argument is the remote
# filename.

my $ftp = Chilkat2::Ftp2->new;

$ftp->Hostname('ftp.example.com');
$ftp->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->Password('myPassword');

my $success = $ftp->Connect();
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
my $fileText = $ftp->GetRemoteFileTextData('public_html/readme.txt');
if (!$ftp->LastMethodSuccess) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print $fileText, "\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}