Re: mput with FTPAPI

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

   lol...I think it fits.
   But you provide an excellent example of the power of such a "thin
   wrapper" approach.
   Of course one person's just right is another's too thin and a third's
   too thick! :)
   I can foresee adding an MPUT with before/after callbacks to enable much
   of the power you describe. On the other hand, if a developer is
   comfortable with callbacks, the IFS API's probably aren't a hurdle.
   Charles

   On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Scott Klement
   <[1]sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

     Interesting interpretation.   I would say that FTPAPI is intended to
     be controlled by a program (vs. something like the IBM or Windows
     FTP clients that are intended to be used interactively by a user.)
     While it is VERY tedious for a user to list the contents of a
     directory, then manually do a 'PUT' to each thing in the list, it is
     not tedious for a computer program.  The program simply puts the
     list of files in the array, and spins through them in a loop.
     This approach is FAR more powerful than MPUT because it lets you
     tailor the logic in the loop to precisely what you want to do.   Do
     you want to just send the files?  (as MPUT would do) Or, do you want
     to send one, check the status, update a database file to notify an
     operator that it was successful, then delete it?   You can do it
     either way with a program-controlled loop.  Can't really do it with
     just an MPUT command.

   On 7/11/2013 9:08 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:

         MPUT is not a function of the FTP protocol itself, rather it's a
         function of whatever FTP client you are using.  FTPAPI isn't
     designed
         as a full function client, rather it is a thin wrapper over the
     raw FTP
         protocol.

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