Simple Get and Put commands using Windows Command Line FTP Using LabVIEW

[MarkBlack]

Overview

This VI executes simple Get and Put FTP commands to retrieve a single file from a remote FTP server.

Description

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network. This VI creates temporary file ftpcmd.txt. Then it builds the text which is provided into the file that will contain the FTP commands, executes the commands within ftpcmd.txt and finally deletes ftpcmd.txt.

Requirements

LabVIEW 2012 or compatible

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

      1. Insert Controller IP Address, Remote Path, Remote Filename, and FTP Action

      2. Run the VI

Additional Information or References

VI Block Diagram

**This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange. **

[Todd S.]

Thanks for posting.  Do you mind changing your attachment to include the LabVIEW version?  "_lvXX.vi" would be fine.

[LabBEAN]

Cleaned it up, made required terminals "Required", and got rid of the enum since I always type define enums and didn't want to pass around a CTL with this VI.  Also, for my app, I wanted to pass in the Remote File Path as a single string input.  Gave you credit on the diagram.  I'll email it your way in case you want to post my version along side yours.

Nice work.