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Connect and Log In to an FTP Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.Connect method, which connects to the server and authenticates in a single call. It takes no arguments and uses the Hostname, Port, Username, and Password properties.

Background: Connect is the one-call path that covers the whole handshake: it opens the TCP connection (through any configured proxy), negotiates TLS if enabled, reads the server greeting, and sends USER/PASS to log in. For most applications this is all that is needed. Use ConnectOnly plus LoginAfterConnectOnly instead when you need to do something between connecting and authenticating — such as inspecting the greeting or choosing credentials based on it.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.Connect method, which connects to the server and authenticates in one
#  call.  It takes no arguments and uses the Hostname, Port, Username, and Password properties.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

#  The FTP server to connect to.  Port defaults to 21 for FTP.
$ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$ftp.Port = 21

#  The login credentials.
$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"

#  Connect negotiates any configured proxy and TLS, receives the greeting, and logs in.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Connected and logged in.")

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}