download and save a file

[Björnke von Gierke]

typo, forgot url:

put theData into URL "ftp://user:pass@url.com/folder/folder/textfile.txt"

On 28 May 2011, at 13:40, Björnke von Gierke wrote:

> method two is called "anonymous ftp" aka. no login. It used to be widely used for file sharing, but these days there's almost no server that's so liberal.
> 
> Note that for smaller tasks, you can also use put for ftp:
> 
> put theData into "ftp://user:pass@url.com/folder/folder/textfile.txt"
> 
> On 28 May 2011, at 12:17, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
> 
>> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>> 
>> Now I am confused !
>> 
>> As Richard says : It's fun to do it in LiveCode,
>> so, even though I use CyberDuck regularly
>> (what a beautiful app !), I thought it would be
>> fun to write a little stack in LiveCode for Upload
>> and Download. After all, "LiveCoding" IS fun !.
>> I found documentation on the Internet which
>> indicated for an FTP Upload :
>> 
>> put "ftp://" & FTPUSER & ":" & FTPPASS & "@"
>> & "ftp.ben.on-rev.com/public_html/" & tFileName into tDestination
>> libURLftpUploadFile tFileForUpload, tDestination, "uploadComplete"
>> 
>> This seemed reasonable to me, as CyberDuck uses
>> similar parameters.
>> 
>> Now Richard points me to a document which says :
>> 
>> put "ftp://ftp.xxxxxx.com/uploads/" & tFileName into tUrl
>>         libUrlFtpUploadFile tSourcePath, tUrl, "loadDone"
>> 
>> Does this mean that we have two Upload options :
>> 
>> 1 - Check me for authorization, and Upload if I'm square !
>> or
>> 2 - Just DO IT !
>> 
>> If this is true, why would I bother with the complications
>> of method 1, when I obviously know what I'm doing if
>> I use method 2 in a LiveCode app ?
>> 
>> -Francis
>> 
>> "Nothing should ever be done for the first time !"
>> 
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