method

retrbinary

v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - Class: Net::FTP

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”).

# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 454
    def retrbinary(cmd, blocksize, rest_offset = nil) # :yield: data
      synchronize do
        with_binary(true) do
          conn = transfercmd(cmd, rest_offset)
          loop do
            data = conn.read(blocksize)
            break if data == nil
            yield(data)
          end
          conn.close
          voidresp
        end
      end
    end

retrbinary

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