method

gettextfile

Ruby latest stable (v1_8_7_72) - 0 notes - Class: Net::FTP

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gettextfile(remotefile, localfile = File.basename(remotefile)) public

Retrieves remotefile in ASCII (text) mode, storing the result in localfile. If a block is supplied, it is passed the retrieved data one line at a time.

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# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 516
    def gettextfile(remotefile, localfile = File.basename(remotefile), &block) # :yield: line
      f = open(localfile, "w")
      begin
        retrlines("RETR " + remotefile) do |line|
          f.puts(line)
          yield(line) if block
        end
      ensure
        f.close
      end
    end

gettextfile

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