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6.2.6.3. The ftp path and typecode
The
path
component of an ftp URL represents a series of directories,
separated by slashes, leading to the file to be retrieved. By default,
the file is retrieved as a binary file; you can change this by adding the
typecode
(and the preceding
;type=
) to the URL.
If the typecode is set to
d
, the path is assumed to be a directory. The
browser requests a listing of the directory contents from the server and
displays this listing to the user. If the typecode is any other letter, it is
used as a parameter to the FTP
type
command before retrieving the file
referenced by the path. While some FTP servers may implement other
codes, most servers accept
i
to initiate a binary transfer and
a
to treat
the file as a stream of ASCII text.
6.2.6.4. Sample ftp URLs
Here are some sample ftp URLs:
ftp://www.kumquat.com/sales/pricing
ftp://bob@bobs-box.com/results;type=d
ftp://bob:secret@bobs-box.com/listing;type=a
The first example retrieves the file named
pricing
from the
sales
dir-
ectory on the anonymous FTP server at
www.kumquat.com
. The second
logs into the FTP server on
bobs-box.com
as user
bob
, prompting for
a password before retrieving the contents of the directory named
res-
ults
and displaying them to the user. The last example logs into
bobs-
box.com
as
bob
with the password
secret
and retrieves the file named
listing
, treating its contents as ASCII characters.
