On 02/06/2009, Kevin Dougan <kevindou...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi and thanks for your reply. I'll try and give an example to illustrate...
>
>
>
> Let's say there's a file that contains the following lines:
>
> CWD /home/sampleuser/
>
> PUT localfile.txt remotefile.txt
>
>
> I am building a Java Class that will be "dumb", in the sense that it will
> just open the file (after connecting to the FTP Server using some other
> properties), and issue the commands it finds in that file. The idea is that
> the caller can dynamically build a file of commands, and the program does not
> have to parse them individually and decide what they are, the program can
> simply pass them along to the FTP Server.
>
>
>
> Therefore, I was thinking that I could use the FTPClient.sendCommand()
> method to simple forward those commands, but it is not working.
>
Which sendCommand() method are you using?
There are several, with different parameters.
>
> I do NOT want to do the following:
>
> ...read line from file: PUT localfile.txt remotefile.txt
>
> ...decide which API method to call: if (line.startsWith("PUT"))
> client.storeFile(remoteFile, localFile); else if
> (line.statrsWith("GET"))...etc, etc
>
>
>
> However, I am trying to do something more simple, like the following:
>
> ...read line from file: PUT localfile.txt remotefile.txt
>
> ...pass the command along
>
> ...read next line from file: : : :
>
> ...pass the command along: : : :
>
> ...etc, etc
>
>
>
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin
> kevindou...@hotmail.com
>
>
>
> > From: sc...@camsbycbs.com
>
> > To: user@commons.apache.org
>
> > Subject: Re: Question about FTPClient.sendCommand()
> > Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:29:55 -0400
>
> >
> > I'm not sure if I understand what you're trying to accomplish. Are you
> > sending FTP commands to the FTP server? If so, what command? Or are you
> > trying to send operating system shell script commands? The FTP server is
> > only going to accept commands it understands and supports, which is not the
> > same as OS shell scripts.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin Dougan" <kevindou...@hotmail.com>
> > To: <user@commons.apache.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:14 AM
> > Subject: Question about FTPClient.sendCommand()
> >
> >
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > I have been searching around a lot, trying to figure out how to properly
> use
> > the FTPClient.sendCommand() API method, but to no avail! Perhaps someone
> > here can answer my question very quickly...?
> >
> > Basically, I want to implement a "dumb" FTP class who handles "batch
> > processing". I thought I could just read lines from a file, and then pass
> > them through to an FTP Server using the sendCommand() method, but it always
> > replies with "command not understood".
> >
> > Am I totally off track with what I want to do here? Am I using the API
> > method incorrectly or for the wrong purpose?
> >
> > I am trying to avoid parsing every command, doing a String compare on each
> > word, and then trying to match it against a specific API method
> > (storeFile(), retrieveFile(), etc.), depending on each String I
> parse...big,
> > long IF blocks are ugly!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Kevin
> > kevindou...@hotmail.com
> >
> >
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