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retrbinary

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retrbinary(cmd, blocksize, rest_offset = nil) public

Puts the connection into binary (image) mode, issues the given command, and fetches the data returned, passing it to the associated block in chunks of blocksize characters. Note that cmd is a server command (such as "RETR myfile").

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# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 399
    def retrbinary(cmd, blocksize, rest_offset = nil) # :yield: data
      synchronize do
        voidcmd("TYPE I")
        conn = transfercmd(cmd, rest_offset)
        loop do
          data = conn.read(blocksize)
          break if data == nil
          yield(data)
        end
        conn.close
        voidresp
      end
    end

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