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Simple FTP Upload

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Simple example to upload a file to an FTP server.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()

ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com")
ftp.put_Username("login")
ftp.put_Password("password")

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Upload a file.
localPath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

success = ftp.PutFile(localPath,remoteFilename)
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = ftp.Disconnect()

print "File Uploaded!" + "\n";