FTP Tutorial

using Rebex.Net;

// create client and connect
Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect("ftp.example.org");

// authenticate
client.Login("username", "password");

// browse directories, transfer files
// ...

// disconnect
client.Disconnect();

// create client, connect and log in
Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect("ftp.example.org");
client.Login("username", "password");

// determine current directory
Console.WriteLine("Current directory: {0}", client.GetCurrentDirectory());

// create the 'top' directory at the root level
client.CreateDirectory("/top");

// create the 'first' directory in the '/top' directory
client.CreateDirectory("/top/first");

// change the current directory to '/top'
client.ChangeDirectory("/top");

// create the 'second' directory in the current folder
// (note: we used a relative path this time)
client.CreateDirectory("second");

// remove the 'first' directory we created earlier
client.RemoveDirectory("first");

// change the current directory to a parent,
// (note: '..' has the same meaning as in Windows and Un*x
client.ChangeDirectory("..");

// create client, connect and log in
Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect("ftp.example.org");
client.Login("username", "password");

// upload the 'test.zip' file to the current directory at the server
client.PutFile(@"c:\data\test.zip", "test.zip");

// upload the 'index.html' file to the specified directory at the server
client.PutFile(@"c:\data\index.html", "/wwwroot/index.html");

// download the 'test.zip' file from the current directory at the server
client.GetFile("test.zip", @"c:\data\test.zip");

// download the 'index.html' file from the specified directory at the server
client.GetFile("/wwwroot/index.html", @"c:\data\index.html");

// upload a text using a MemoryStream
string message = "Hello from Rebex FTP for .NET!";
byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(message);
System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(data);
client.PutFile(ms, "message.txt");

// create client, connect and log in
Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect("ftp.example.org");
client.Login("username", "password");

// select the desired directory
client.ChangeDirectory("path");

// retrieve and display the list of files and directories
FtpItemCollection list = client.GetList();
foreach (FtpItem item in list)
{
    Console.Write(item.LastWriteTime.GetValueOrDefault().ToString("u"));
    Console.Write(item.Length.ToString().PadLeft(10, ' '));
    Console.Write(" {0}", item.Name);
    Console.WriteLine();
}

// create client, connect and log in
Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect("ftp.example.org");
client.Login("username", "password");

// upload the content of 'c:\data' directory and all subdirectories
// to the '/wwwroot' directory at the server
client.Upload(@"c:\data\*", "/wwwroot", TraversalMode.Recursive);

// upload all '.html' files in 'c:\data' directory
// to the '/wwwroot' directory at the server
client.Upload(@"c:\data\*.html", "/wwwroot", TraversalMode.MatchFilesShallow,
    TransferMethod.Copy, ActionOnExistingFiles.OverwriteAll);

// download the content of '/wwwroot' directory and all subdirectories
// at the server to the 'c:\data' directory
client.Download("/wwwroot/*", @"c:\data", TraversalMode.Recursive);

// download all '.html' files in '/wwwroot' directory at the server
// to the 'c:\data' directory
client.Download("/wwwroot/*.html", @"c:\data", TraversalMode.MatchFilesShallow,
    TransferMethod.Copy, ActionOnExistingFiles.OverwriteAll);

// add event handler that gets called when a problem is detected during the multi file
// transfer (this is optional) - the event handler can select the desired next action
client.ProblemDetected += new EventHandler<FtpProblemDetectedEventArgs>(client_ProblemDetected);

// add event handler that gets called when significant action occurs during
// traversing hierarchy structure (this is optional)
client.Traversing += new EventHandler<FtpTraversingEventArgs>(client_Traversing);

// add event handler that gets called when a significant action occurs during
// the batch transfer (this is optional)
client.TransferProgressChanged += new EventHandler<FtpTransferProgressChangedEventArgs>(client_TransferProgressChanged);

// upload or download files
client.Upload(localPath, remotePath, TraversalMode.Recursive);

// of course, the client_ProblemDetected, client_Traversing and client_TransferProgressChanged methods
// have to be implemented - check out the FtpBatchTransfer sample for more information

// create client, connect and log in
Ftp client = new Ftp();
client.Connect("ftp.example.org");
client.Login("username", "password");


// change the preferred transfer mode to MODE Z
client.TransferMode = FtpTransferMode.Zlib;

// upload the 'hugelist.txt' file to the specified directory at the server
client.PutFile(@"c:\data\hugelist.txt", "/wwwroot/hugelist.txt");

// download the 'hugelist.txt' file from the specified directory at the server
client.GetFile("/wwwroot/hugelist.txt", @"c:\data\hugelist.txt");


// change the preferred transfer mode to stream mode (default)
client.TransferMode = FtpTransferMode.Stream;

// upload the 'archive.zip' file to the specified directory at the server
client.PutFile(@"c:\data\archive.zip", "/wwwroot/archive.zip");

// download the 'archive.zip' file from the specified directory at the server
client.GetFile("/wwwroot/archive.zip", @"c:\data\archive.zip");

// register the library for the FTP prefix
WebRequest.RegisterPrefix("ftp://", Rebex.Net.FtpWebRequest.Creator);

// WebRequest now supports ftp protocol in addition to HTTP/HTTPS
// and local files - the rest of this code snippet is protocol-agnostic

// create web request for the given URI
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("ftp://ftp.example.org/files/package.zip");

// get and read web response
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream();

Stream local = File.Create("package.zip");

byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int n;
do
{
    n = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
    local.Write(buffer, 0, n);
} while (n > 0);

// close both streams
stream.Close();
local.Close();