(Tcl) Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

The SetTypeBinary() and SetTypeAscii() method can be called to change the current transfer mode. The default transfer mode is binary. Once SetTypeAscii() or SetTypeBinary() is called, all subsequent transfers will occur in that mode.

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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set ftp [new_CkFtp2]

CkFtp2_put_Hostname $ftp "ftp.something.com"
CkFtp2_put_Username $ftp "test"
CkFtp2_put_Password $ftp "test"

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
set success [CkFtp2_Connect $ftp]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

# Set the transfer mode to ASCII
set success [CkFtp2_SetTypeAscii $ftp]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

# Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
set success [CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir $ftp "junk"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

# Upload a file.
set localFilename "hamlet.xml"
set remoteFilename "hamlet.xml"

# Turn on session logging for the upload:
CkFtp2_put_KeepSessionLog $ftp 1

set success [CkFtp2_PutFile $ftp $localFilename $remoteFilename]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

# View the session log.  You can verify visually that
# the transfer was in ascii mode.
puts [CkFtp2_sessionLog $ftp]

set success [CkFtp2_Disconnect $ftp]

puts "File Uploaded!"

delete_CkFtp2 $ftp