Name

Get

Synopsis

$FTP->Get(file, [local, overwrite, flags, context])

Gets the remote FTP file and saves it locally in local. If localis not specified, it will be the same name as file. Returns undef on error. The parameters and their values are:

file

The name of the remote file on the FTP server.

local

The name of the local file to create.

overwrite

If 0, overwrites localif it exists. With any other value, the function fails if the local file already exists. Default is 0.

flags

Additional flags affecting the behavior of the function. None by default.

context

A number to identify this operation if it is asynchronous. (See SetStatusCallback and GetStatusCallback for more information on asynchronous operations.) None by default.

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