Below is an email from Buck to me when
I asked a question regarding passing variables in to the API vs. something
hardcoded. Perhaps this will help.
Regards,
Brian
> I am a little unsure as to how to use
> file fields when invoking some of the
> APIs. Here is a specific example:
>
> * Connect to an FTP server.
> *
>C eval
ftp = ftp_conn('ftp2.freebsd.org':
>C
'anonymous':
>C
'anon.e.mouse@xxxxxxx')
>
> What I want to do is use fields from a
> file to pass in to open the connection,
> but I am not sure if they just need
> separated by : or what how exactly to
> format the string in to the API.
This is traditional RPG IV syntax. The colons separate parameters
from each other. To use a variable instead of a literal, just put
the variable in the statement instead!
eval ftp = ftp_conn(ftpURL:
ftpUser:
ftpPass)
"Shannon ODonnell"
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01/20/2005 12:40 PM
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Subject
TESTPUT
Just started to take a look at FTPAPI and
I am very impressed. Scott did an amazing job with this.
Quick question..when I tried the TESTPUT
sample program, it worked very well when I hardcoded a remote and local
path name.
However, when I attempt to use a variable
for those paramaters, I always get a "No Such File or Directory"
error message. I've tried adding an apostrophe around both ends of
the path.
I've tried appending a null to it, and of
course, I trim all the extraneous garbage from the variable that may have
been passed along with it on the call to the program.
I can't figure out why a hard coded path
works but using a variable for the path doesn't.
No doubt it's something very basic I'm missing
here, but I can't seem to figure it out.
