Ruby

Save String Variable to File on FTP Server

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Save the contents of a string variable to a file on an FTP server. 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 existing file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Upload the contents of a string to a remote file.
fileContents = "To be, or not to be: that is the question."
remoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt"

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

success = ftp.Disconnect()

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