Class FTP
- Direct Known Subclasses:
FTPClient
To derive the full benefits of the FTP class requires some knowledge of the FTP protocol defined in RFC 959. However, there is no reason why you should have
to use the FTP class. The FTPClient
class, derived from FTP, implements all the functionality required of an FTP client.
The FTP class is made public to provide access to various FTP constants and to make it easier for adventurous programmers (or those with special needs) to
interact with the FTP protocol and implement their own clients. A set of methods with names corresponding to the FTP command names are provided to facilitate
this interaction.
You should keep in mind that the FTP server may choose to prematurely close a connection if the client has been idle for longer than a given time period
(usually 900 seconds). The FTP class will detect a premature FTP server connection closing when it receives a
FTPReply.SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE
response to a command. When that occurs, the FTP class
method encountering that reply will throw an FTPConnectionClosedException
. FTPConectionClosedException
is a
subclass of IOException
and therefore need not be caught separately, but if you are going to catch it separately, its catch block must appear
before the more general IOException
catch block. When you encounter an FTPConnectionClosedException
, you
must disconnect the connection with disconnect()
to properly clean up the system resources used by FTP. Before disconnecting, you may
check the last reply code and text with getReplyCode
, getReplyString
, and getReplyStrings
. You may avoid server disconnections while the client is idle by periodically sending NOOP commands to the server.
Rather than list it separately for each method, we mention here that every method communicating with the server and throwing an IOException can also throw a
MalformedServerReplyException
, which is a subclass of IOException. A MalformedServerReplyException will be thrown when the
reply received from the server deviates enough from the protocol specification that it cannot be interpreted in a useful manner despite attempts to be as
lenient as possible.
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Field Summary
Modifier and TypeFieldDescriptionprotected ProtocolCommandSupport
A ProtocolCommandSupport object used to manage the registering of ProtocolCommandListeners and the firing of ProtocolCommandEvents.protected String
protected BufferedReader
Wraps SocketClient._input_ to facilitate the reading of text from the FTP control connection.protected BufferedWriter
Wraps SocketClient._output_ to facilitate the writing of text to the FTP control connection.protected boolean
protected int
protected String
static final int
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as ASCII.static final int
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as a binary image, i.e., no translations should be performed.static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as a series of blocks.static final int
A constant used to indicate a text file contains ASA vertical format control characters.static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as FTP compressed data.static final String
The default character encoding used for communicating over an FTP control connection.static final int
The default FTP data port (20).static final int
The default FTP control port (21).static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as FTP (un)compressing data in the "deflate" compression format.static final int
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as EBCDIC.static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be treated as a continuous sequence of bytes.static final int
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as a local type.static final int
A constant used for text files to indicate a non-print text format.static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be treated as a set of independent indexed pages.static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be treated as a sequence of records.static final int
Length of the FTP reply code (3 alphanumerics)static final int
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as a stream of bytes.protected boolean
This is used to signal whether a block of multiline responses beginning with xxx must be terminated by the same numeric code xxx See section 4.2 of RFC 959 for details.static final int
A constant used to indicate a text file contains format vertical format control characters.Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient
_defaultPort_, _hostname_, _input_, _output_, _serverSocketFactory_, _socket_, _socketFactory_, _timeout_, connectTimeout, NETASCII_EOL, remoteInetSocketAddress
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionprotected void
Gets the reply, but don't pass it to command listeners.protected void
__noop()
Send a noop and get the reply without reporting to the command listener.protected void
Initiates control connections and gets initial reply.protected void
_connectAction_
(Reader socketIsReader) Initiates control connections and gets initial reply.int
abor()
A convenience method to send the FTP ABOR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP ACCT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
allo
(int bytes) A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
allo
(int bytes, int recordSize) A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
allo
(long bytes) A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
allo
(long bytes, int recordSize) A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP APPE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
cdup()
A convenience method to send the FTP CDUP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP CWD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP DELE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.void
Closes the control connection to the FTP server and sets to null some internal data so that the memory may be reclaimed by the garbage collector.int
eprt
(InetAddress host, int port) A convenience method to send the FTP EPRT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
epsv()
A convenience method to send the FTP EPSV command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
feat()
A convenience method to send the FTP FEAT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.protected ProtocolCommandSupport
Provide command support to super-classint
getReply()
Fetches a reply from the FTP server and returns the integer reply code.int
Returns the integer value of the reply code of the last FTP reply.Returns the entire text of the last FTP server response exactly as it was received, including all end of line markers in NETASCII format.String[]
Returns the lines of text from the last FTP server response as an array of strings, one entry per line.int
help()
A convenience method to send the FTP HELP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP HELP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.boolean
Return whether strict multiline parsing is enabled, as per RFC 959, section 4.2.boolean
Return whether strict non-multiline parsing is enabled, as per RFC 959, section 4.2.int
list()
A convenience method to send the FTP LIST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP LIST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
Sends the MDTM command for the given file.int
A convenience method to send the FTP MFMT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP MKD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
mlsd()
A convenience method to send the FTP MLSD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP MLSD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
mlst()
A convenience method to send the FTP MLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP MLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
mode
(int mode) A convenience method to send the FTP MODE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
nlst()
A convenience method to send the FTP NLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP NLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
noop()
A convenience method to send the FTP NOOP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP PASS command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
pasv()
A convenience method to send the FTP PASV command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
port
(InetAddress host, int port) A convenience method to send the FTP PORT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
pwd()
A convenience method to send the FTP PWD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
quit()
A convenience method to send the FTP QUIT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
rein()
A convenience method to send the FTP REIN command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP REST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP RETR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP RMD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP RNFR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP RNTO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
sendCommand
(int command) Sends an FTP command with no arguments to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code.int
sendCommand
(int command, String args) Deprecated.int
sendCommand
(String command) Sends an FTP command with no arguments to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code.int
sendCommand
(String command, String args) Sends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code.int
sendCommand
(FTPCmd command) Sends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code.int
sendCommand
(FTPCmd command, String args) Sends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code.void
setControlEncoding
(String encoding) Saves the character encoding to be used by the FTP control connection.void
setStrictMultilineParsing
(boolean strictMultilineParsing) Sets strict multiline parsing.void
setStrictReplyParsing
(boolean strictReplyParsing) Sets strict non-multiline parsing.int
A convenience method to send the FTP SITE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP SIZE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP SMNT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
stat()
A convenience method to send the FTP STAT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP STAT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP STOR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
stou()
A convenience method to send the FTP STOU command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP STOU command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
stru
(int structure) A convenience method to send the FTP STRU command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
syst()
A convenience method to send the FTP SYST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
type
(int fileType) A convenience method to send the FTP TYPE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
type
(int fileType, int formatOrByteSize) A convenience method to send the FTP TYPE command for text files to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.int
A convenience method to send the FTP USER command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient
addProtocolCommandListener, applySocketAttributes, checkOpenOutputStream, connect, connect, connect, connect, connect, connect, createCommandSupport, fireCommandSent, fireReplyReceived, getCharset, getCharsetName, getConnectTimeout, getDefaultPort, getDefaultTimeout, getKeepAlive, getLocalAddress, getLocalPort, getProxy, getReceiveBufferSize, getRemoteAddress, getRemoteInetSocketAddress, getRemotePort, getSendBufferSize, getServerSocketFactory, getSoLinger, getSoTimeout, getTcpNoDelay, isAvailable, isConnected, removeProtocolCommandListener, setCharset, setConnectTimeout, setDefaultPort, setDefaultTimeout, setKeepAlive, setProxy, setReceiveBufferSize, setSendBufferSize, setServerSocketFactory, setSocketFactory, setSoLinger, setSoTimeout, setTcpNoDelay, verifyRemote
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Field Details
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DEFAULT_DATA_PORT
The default FTP data port (20).- See Also:
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DEFAULT_PORT
The default FTP control port (21).- See Also:
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ASCII_FILE_TYPE
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as ASCII. This is the default file type. All constants ending inFILE_TYPE
are used to indicate file types.- See Also:
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EBCDIC_FILE_TYPE
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as EBCDIC. Note however that there are several EBCDIC formats. All constants ending inFILE_TYPE
are used to indicate file types.- See Also:
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BINARY_FILE_TYPE
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as a binary image, i.e., no translations should be performed. All constants ending inFILE_TYPE
are used to indicate file types.- See Also:
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LOCAL_FILE_TYPE
A constant used to indicate the file(s) being transferred should be treated as a local type. All constants ending inFILE_TYPE
are used to indicate file types.- See Also:
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NON_PRINT_TEXT_FORMAT
A constant used for text files to indicate a non-print text format. This is the default format. All constants ending inTEXT_FORMAT
are used to indicate text formatting for text transfers (both ASCII and EBCDIC).- See Also:
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TELNET_TEXT_FORMAT
A constant used to indicate a text file contains format vertical format control characters. All constants ending inTEXT_FORMAT
are used to indicate text formatting for text transfers (both ASCII and EBCDIC).- See Also:
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CARRIAGE_CONTROL_TEXT_FORMAT
A constant used to indicate a text file contains ASA vertical format control characters. All constants ending inTEXT_FORMAT
are used to indicate text formatting for text transfers (both ASCII and EBCDIC).- See Also:
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FILE_STRUCTURE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be treated as a continuous sequence of bytes. This is the default structure. All constants ending in_STRUCTURE
are used to indicate file structure for file transfers.- See Also:
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RECORD_STRUCTURE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be treated as a sequence of records. All constants ending in_STRUCTURE
are used to indicate file structure for file transfers.- See Also:
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PAGE_STRUCTURE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be treated as a set of independent indexed pages. All constants ending in_STRUCTURE
are used to indicate file structure for file transfers.- See Also:
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STREAM_TRANSFER_MODE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as a stream of bytes. This is the default transfer mode. All constants ending inTRANSFER_MODE
are used to indicate file transfer modes.- See Also:
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BLOCK_TRANSFER_MODE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as a series of blocks. All constants ending inTRANSFER_MODE
are used to indicate file transfer modes.- See Also:
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COMPRESSED_TRANSFER_MODE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as FTP compressed data. All constants ending inTRANSFER_MODE
are used to indicate file transfer modes. Currently unused.- See Also:
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DEFLATE_TRANSFER_MODE
A constant used to indicate a file is to be transferred as FTP (un)compressing data in the "deflate" compression format. All constants ending inTRANSFER_MODE
are used to indicate file transfer modes. See the Internet Draft Deflate transmission mode for FTP- See Also:
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DEFAULT_CONTROL_ENCODING
The default character encoding used for communicating over an FTP control connection. The default encoding is an ASCII-compatible encoding. Some FTP servers expect other encodings. You can change the encoding used by an FTP instance withsetControlEncoding
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REPLY_CODE_LEN
Length of the FTP reply code (3 alphanumerics)- See Also:
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_replyCode
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_replyLines
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_newReplyString
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_replyString
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_controlEncoding
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_commandSupport_
A ProtocolCommandSupport object used to manage the registering of ProtocolCommandListeners and the firing of ProtocolCommandEvents. -
strictMultilineParsing
This is used to signal whether a block of multiline responses beginning with xxx must be terminated by the same numeric code xxx See section 4.2 of RFC 959 for details. -
_controlInput_
Wraps SocketClient._input_ to facilitate the reading of text from the FTP control connection. Do not access the control connection via SocketClient._input_. This member starts with a null value, is initialized in_connectAction_()
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_controlOutput_
Wraps SocketClient._output_ to facilitate the writing of text to the FTP control connection. Do not access the control connection via SocketClient._output_. This member starts with a null value, is initialized in_connectAction_()
, and set to null indisconnect()
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Constructor Details
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FTP
public FTP()The default FTP constructor. Sets the default port toDEFAULT_PORT
and initializes internal data structures for saving FTP reply information.
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Method Details
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__getReplyNoReport
Gets the reply, but don't pass it to command listeners. Used for keep-alive processing only.- Throws:
IOException
- on error- Since:
- 3.0
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__noop
Send a noop and get the reply without reporting to the command listener. Intended for use with keep-alive.- Throws:
IOException
- on error- Since:
- 3.0
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_connectAction_
Initiates control connections and gets initial reply. Initializes_controlInput_
and_controlOutput_
.- Overrides:
_connectAction_
in classSocketClient
- Throws:
IOException
- (SocketException) if a problem occurs with the socket
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_connectAction_
Initiates control connections and gets initial reply. Initializes_controlInput_
and_controlOutput_
.- Parameters:
socketIsReader
- the reader to reuse (if non-null)- Throws:
IOException
- on error- Since:
- 3.4
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abor
A convenience method to send the FTP ABOR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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acct
A convenience method to send the FTP ACCT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
account
- The account name to access.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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allo
A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
bytes
- The number of bytes to allocate.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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allo
A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
bytes
- The number of bytes to allocate.recordSize
- The size of a record.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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allo
A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
bytes
- The number of bytes to allocate.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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allo
A convenience method to send the FTP ALLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
bytes
- The number of bytes to allocate.recordSize
- The size of a record.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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appe
A convenience method to send the FTP APPE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to use for the file when stored at the remote end of the transfer.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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cdup
A convenience method to send the FTP CDUP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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cwd
A convenience method to send the FTP CWD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
directory
- The new working directory.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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dele
A convenience method to send the FTP DELE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to delete.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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disconnect
Closes the control connection to the FTP server and sets to null some internal data so that the memory may be reclaimed by the garbage collector. The reply text and code information from the last command is voided so that the memory it used may be reclaimed. Also sets_controlInput_
and_controlOutput_
to null.- Overrides:
disconnect
in classSocketClient
- Throws:
IOException
- If an error occurs while disconnecting.
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eprt
A convenience method to send the FTP EPRT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Examples:- EPRT |1|132.235.1.2|6275|
- EPRT |2|1080::8:800:200C:417A|5282|
- Parameters:
host
- The host owning the port.port
- The new port.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 2.2
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epsv
A convenience method to send the FTP EPSV command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it's up to you to interpret the reply string containing the host/port information.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 2.2
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feat
A convenience method to send the FTP FEAT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received by the server
- Throws:
IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 2.2
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getCommandSupport
Provide command support to super-class- Overrides:
getCommandSupport
in classSocketClient
- Returns:
- the CommandSupport instance, may be
null
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getControlEncoding
- Returns:
- The character encoding used to communicate over the control connection.
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getReply
Fetches a reply from the FTP server and returns the integer reply code. After calling this method, the actual reply text can be accessed from either callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
. Only use this method if you are implementing your own FTP client or if you need to fetch a secondary response from the FTP server.- Returns:
- The integer value of the reply code of the fetched FTP reply.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while receiving the server reply.
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getReplyCode
Returns the integer value of the reply code of the last FTP reply. You will usually only use this method after you connect to the FTP server to check that the connection was successful sinceconnect
is of type void.- Returns:
- The integer value of the reply code of the last FTP reply.
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getReplyString
Returns the entire text of the last FTP server response exactly as it was received, including all end of line markers in NETASCII format.- Returns:
- The entire text from the last FTP response as a String.
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getReplyStrings
Returns the lines of text from the last FTP server response as an array of strings, one entry per line. The end of line markers of each are stripped from each line.- Returns:
- The lines of text from the last FTP response as an array.
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help
A convenience method to send the FTP HELP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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help
A convenience method to send the FTP HELP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
command
- The command name on which to request help.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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isStrictMultilineParsing
Return whether strict multiline parsing is enabled, as per RFC 959, section 4.2.- Returns:
- True if strict, false if lenient
- Since:
- 2.0
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isStrictReplyParsing
Return whether strict non-multiline parsing is enabled, as per RFC 959, section 4.2.The default is true, which requires the 3-digit code be followed by space and some text.
If false, only the 3-digit code is required (as was the case for versions up to 3.5)- Returns:
- True if strict (default), false if additional checks are not made
- Since:
- 3.6
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list
A convenience method to send the FTP LIST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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list
A convenience method to send the FTP LIST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to list, may benull
in which case the command is sent with no parameters- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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mdtm
Sends the MDTM command for the given file.- Parameters:
file
- name of file- Returns:
- the status
- Throws:
IOException
- on error- Since:
- 2.0
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mfmt
A convenience method to send the FTP MFMT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname for which mtime is to be changedtimeval
- Timestamp inyyyyMMDDhhmmss
format- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 2.2
- See Also:
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mkd
A convenience method to send the FTP MKD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname of the new directory to create.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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mlsd
A convenience method to send the FTP MLSD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.0
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mlsd
A convenience method to send the FTP MLSD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
path
- the path to report on- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server, may be
null
in which case the command is sent with no parameters - Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.0
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mlst
A convenience method to send the FTP MLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.0
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mlst
A convenience method to send the FTP MLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
path
- the path to report on- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server, may be
null
in which case the command is sent with no parameters - Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.0
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mode
A convenience method to send the FTP MODE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
mode
- The transfer mode to use (one of theTRANSFER_MODE
constants).- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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nlst
A convenience method to send the FTP NLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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nlst
A convenience method to send the FTP NLST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to list, may benull
in which case the command is sent with no parameters- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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noop
A convenience method to send the FTP NOOP command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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pass
A convenience method to send the FTP PASS command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
password
- The plain text password of the user being logged into.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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pasv
A convenience method to send the FTP PASV command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it's up to you to interpret the reply string containing the host/port information.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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port
A convenience method to send the FTP PORT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
host
- The host owning the port.port
- The new port.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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pwd
A convenience method to send the FTP PWD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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quit
A convenience method to send the FTP QUIT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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rein
A convenience method to send the FTP REIN command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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rest
A convenience method to send the FTP REST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
marker
- The marker at which to restart a transfer.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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retr
A convenience method to send the FTP RETR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname of the file to retrieve.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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rmd
A convenience method to send the FTP RMD command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname of the directory to remove.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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rnfr
A convenience method to send the FTP RNFR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to rename from.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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rnto
A convenience method to send the FTP RNTO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to rename to- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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sendCommand
Sends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code. After invocation, for more detailed information, the actual reply text can be accessed by callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
.- Parameters:
command
- The FTPCmd enum corresponding to the FTP command to send.- Returns:
- The integer value of the FTP reply code returned by the server in response to the command.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.3
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sendCommand
Sends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code. After invocation, for more detailed information, the actual reply text can be accessed by callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
.- Parameters:
command
- The FTPCmd enum corresponding to the FTP command to send.args
- The arguments to the FTP command. If this parameter is set to null, then the command is sent with no argument.- Returns:
- The integer value of the FTP reply code returned by the server in response to the command.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.3
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sendCommand
Sends an FTP command with no arguments to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code. After invocation, for more detailed information, the actual reply text can be accessed by callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
.- Parameters:
command
- The FTPCommand constant corresponding to the FTP command to send.- Returns:
- The integer value of the FTP reply code returned by the server in response to the command.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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sendCommand
Deprecated.(3.3) UsesendCommand(FTPCmd, String)
insteadSends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code. After invocation, for more detailed information, the actual reply text can be accessed by callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
.- Parameters:
command
- The FTPCommand constant corresponding to the FTP command to send.args
- The arguments to the FTP command. If this parameter is set to null, then the command is sent with no argument.- Returns:
- The integer value of the FTP reply code returned by the server in response to the command.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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sendCommand
Sends an FTP command with no arguments to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code. After invocation, for more detailed information, the actual reply text can be accessed by callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
.- Parameters:
command
- The text representation of the FTP command to send.- Returns:
- The integer value of the FTP reply code returned by the server in response to the command.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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sendCommand
Sends an FTP command to the server, waits for a reply and returns the numerical response code. After invocation, for more detailed information, the actual reply text can be accessed by callinggetReplyString
orgetReplyStrings
.- Parameters:
command
- The text representation of the FTP command to send.args
- The arguments to the FTP command. If this parameter is set to null, then the command is sent with no argument.- Returns:
- The integer value of the FTP reply code returned by the server in response to the command.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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setControlEncoding
Saves the character encoding to be used by the FTP control connection. Some FTP servers require that commands be issued in a non-ASCII encoding like UTF-8 so that file names with multi-byte character representations (e.g, Big 8) can be specified.Please note that this has to be set before the connection is established.
- Parameters:
encoding
- The new character encoding for the control connection.
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setStrictMultilineParsing
Sets strict multiline parsing.- Parameters:
strictMultilineParsing
- the setting- Since:
- 2.0
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setStrictReplyParsing
Sets strict non-multiline parsing.If true, it requires the 3-digit code be followed by space and some text.
If false, only the 3-digit code is required (as was the case for versions up to 3.5)This should not be required by a well-behaved FTP server
- Parameters:
strictReplyParsing
- the setting- Since:
- 3.6
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site
A convenience method to send the FTP SITE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
parameters
- The site parameters to send.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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size
A convenience method to send the FTP SIZE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
parameters
- The site parameters to send.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.- Since:
- 3.7
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smnt
A convenience method to send the FTP SMNT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
dir
- The directory name.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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stat
A convenience method to send the FTP STAT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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stat
A convenience method to send the FTP STAT command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
pathname
- A pathname to list.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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stor
A convenience method to send the FTP STOR command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
pathname
- The pathname to use for the file when stored at the remote end of the transfer.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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stou
A convenience method to send the FTP STOU command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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stou
A convenience method to send the FTP STOU command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code. Remember, it is up to you to manage the data connection. If you don't need this low level of access, useFTPClient
, which will handle all low level details for you.- Parameters:
pathname
- The base pathname to use for the file when stored at the remote end of the transfer. Some FTP servers require this.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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stru
A convenience method to send the FTP STRU command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
structure
- The structure of the file (one of the_STRUCTURE
constants).- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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syst
A convenience method to send the FTP SYST command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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type
A convenience method to send the FTP TYPE command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
fileType
- The type of the file (one of theFILE_TYPE
constants).- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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type
A convenience method to send the FTP TYPE command for text files to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
fileType
- The type of the file (one of theFILE_TYPE
constants).formatOrByteSize
- The format of the file (one of the_FORMAT
constants). In the case ofLOCAL_FILE_TYPE
, the byte size.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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user
A convenience method to send the FTP USER command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.- Parameters:
user
- The user to login under.- Returns:
- The reply code received from the server.
- Throws:
FTPConnectionClosedException
- If the FTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send FTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.IOException
- If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
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sendCommand(FTPCmd, String)
instead