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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 632
    def retrbinary(cmd, blocksize, rest_offset = nil) # :yield: data
      synchronize do
        with_binary(true) do
          begin
            conn = transfercmd(cmd, rest_offset)
            loop do
              data = conn.read(blocksize)
              break if data == nil
              yield(data)
            end
            conn.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR)
            conn.read_timeout = 1
            conn.read
          ensure
            conn.close if conn
          end
          voidresp
        end
      end
    end

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