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Perl

Use Explicit FTP over TLS

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Demonstrates how to connect to an FTP server using explicit FTP over TLS.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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.your-ftp-server.com");
$ftp->put_Username("ftpAccountLogin");
$ftp->put_Password("ftpAccountPassword");

# Indicate that the "AUTH TLS" command should be use to convert the connection to TLS
# after the initial TCP connection to port 21 is established.
$ftp->put_AuthTls(1);

# Connect and convert the connection to TLS automatically.
$success = $ftp->ConnectOnly();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->LoginAfterConnectOnly();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "TLS connection established and successfully authenticated." . "\r\n";