This class implements the File Transfer Protocol. If you have used a command-line FTP program, and are familiar with the commands, you will be able to use this class easily. Some extra features are included to take advantage of Ruby's style and strengths.
require 'net/ftp'
ftp = Net::FTP.new('example.com')
ftp.login
files = ftp.chdir('pub/lang/ruby/contrib')
files = ftp.list('n*')
ftp.getbinaryfile('nif.rb-0.91.gz', 'nif.gz', 1024)
ftp.close
 Net::FTP.open('example.com') do |ftp|
  ftp.login
  files = ftp.chdir('pub/lang/ruby/contrib')
  files = ftp.list('n*')
  ftp.getbinaryfile('nif.rb-0.91.gz', 'nif.gz', 1024)
end
 The following are the methods most likely to be useful to users:
When true, transfers are performed in binary mode. Default: true.
When true, all traffic to and from the server is written to +$stdout+. Default: false.
The server's last response.
The server's last response code.
The server's last response code.
Number of seconds to wait for the connection to open. Any number may be used, including Floats for fractional seconds. If the FTP object cannot open a connection in this many seconds, it raises a Net::OpenTimeout exception. The default value is nil.
When true, the connection is in passive mode. Default: true.
Number of seconds to wait for one block to be read (via one read(2) call). Any number may be used, including Floats for fractional seconds. If the FTP object cannot read data in this many seconds, it raises a Timeout::Error exception. The default value is 60 seconds.
Sets or retrieves the resume status, which decides whether incomplete transfers are resumed or restarted. Default: false.
Number of seconds to wait for the TLS handshake. Any number may be used, including Floats for fractional seconds. If the FTP object cannot complete the TLS handshake in this many seconds, it raises a Net::OpenTimeout exception. The default value is nil. If ssl_handshake_timeout is nil, open_timeout is used instead.
The server's welcome message.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 152 def self.default_passive @@default_passive end
When true, connections are in passive mode per default. Default: true.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 146 def self.default_passive=(value) @@default_passive = value end
When true, connections are in passive mode per default. Default: true.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 212
def initialize(host = nil, user_or_options = {}, passwd = nil, acct = nil)
  super()
  begin
    options = user_or_options.to_hash
  rescue NoMethodError
    # for backward compatibility
    options = {}
    options[:username] = user_or_options
    options[:password] = passwd
    options[:account] = acct
  end
  @host = nil
  if options[:ssl]
    unless defined?(OpenSSL::SSL)
      raise "SSL extension not installed"
    end
    ssl_params = options[:ssl] == true ? {} : options[:ssl]
    @ssl_context = SSLContext.new
    @ssl_context.set_params(ssl_params)
    if defined?(VerifyCallbackProc)
      @ssl_context.verify_callback = VerifyCallbackProc
    end
    @ssl_context.session_cache_mode =
      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_CLIENT |
      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE
    @ssl_context.session_new_cb = proc {|sock, sess| @ssl_session = sess }
    @ssl_session = nil
    if options[:private_data_connection].nil?
      @private_data_connection = true
    else
      @private_data_connection = options[:private_data_connection]
    end
  else
    @ssl_context = nil
    if options[:private_data_connection]
      raise ArgumentError,
        "private_data_connection can be set to true only when ssl is enabled"
    end
    @private_data_connection = false
  end
  @binary = true
  if options[:passive].nil?
    @passive = @@default_passive
  else
    @passive = options[:passive]
  end
  if options[:debug_mode].nil?
    @debug_mode = false
  else
    @debug_mode = options[:debug_mode]
  end
  @resume = false
  @bare_sock = @sock = NullSocket.new
  @logged_in = false
  @open_timeout = options[:open_timeout]
  @ssl_handshake_timeout = options[:ssl_handshake_timeout]
  @read_timeout = options[:read_timeout] || 60
  if host
    connect(host, options[:port] || FTP_PORT)
    if options[:username]
      login(options[:username], options[:password], options[:account])
    end
  end
end Creates and returns a new FTP object. If a host is given, a connection is made.
options is an option hash, each key of which is a symbol.
The available options are:
Port number (default value is 21)
If options[:ssl] is true, then an attempt will be made to use SSL (now TLS) to connect to the server. For this to work OpenSSL [OSSL] and the Ruby OpenSSL [RSSL] extensions need to be installed. If options[:ssl] is a hash, it's passed to OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext#set_params as parameters.
If true, TLS is used for data connections. Default: true when options[:ssl] is true.
Username for login. If options[:username] is the string “anonymous” and the options[:password] is nil, “anonymous@” is used as a password.
Password for login.
Account information for ACCT.
When true, the connection is in passive mode. Default: true.
open_timeout Number of seconds to wait for the connection to open. See Net::FTP#open_timeout for details. Default: nil.
read_timeout Number of seconds to wait for one block to be read. See Net::FTP#read_timeout for details. Default: 60.
ssl_handshake_timeout Number of seconds to wait for the TLS handshake. See Net::FTP#ssl_handshake_timeout for details. Default: nil.
debug_mode When true, all traffic to and from the server is written to +$stdout+. Default: false.
MonitorMixin::new # File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 162
def FTP.open(host, *args)
  if block_given?
    ftp = new(host, *args)
    begin
      yield ftp
    ensure
      ftp.close
    end
  else
    new(host, *args)
  end
end A synonym for FTP.new, but with a mandatory host parameter.
If a block is given, it is passed the FTP object, which will be closed when the block finishes, or when an exception is raised.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1231
def abort
  line = "ABOR" + CRLF
  print "put: ABOR\n" if @debug_mode
  @sock.send(line, Socket::MSG_OOB)
  resp = getmultiline
  unless ["426", "226", "225"].include?(resp[0, 3])
    raise FTPProtoError, resp
  end
  return resp
end Aborts the previous command (ABOR command).
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 884 def acct(account) cmd = "ACCT " + account voidcmd(cmd) end
Sends the ACCT command.
This is a less common FTP command, to send account information if the destination host requires it.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 279
def binary=(newmode)
  if newmode != @binary
    @binary = newmode
    send_type_command if @logged_in
  end
end A setter to toggle transfers in binary mode. newmode is either true or false
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1152
def chdir(dirname)
  if dirname == ".."
    begin
      voidcmd("CDUP")
      return
    rescue FTPPermError => e
      if e.message[0, 3] != "500"
        raise e
      end
    end
  end
  cmd = "CWD #{dirname}"
  voidcmd(cmd)
end Changes the (remote) directory.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1345
def close
  if @sock and not @sock.closed?
    begin
      @sock.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR) rescue nil
      orig, self.read_timeout = self.read_timeout, 3
      @sock.read rescue nil
    ensure
      @sock.close
      self.read_timeout = orig
    end
  end
end Closes the connection. Further operations are impossible until you open a new connection with connect.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1361 def closed? @sock == nil or @sock.closed? end
Returns true iff the connection is closed.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 367
def connect(host, port = FTP_PORT)
  if @debug_mode
    print "connect: ", host, ", ", port, "\n"
  end
  synchronize do
    @host = host
    @bare_sock = open_socket(host, port)
    @sock = BufferedSocket.new(@bare_sock, read_timeout: @read_timeout)
    voidresp
    if @ssl_context
      begin
        voidcmd("AUTH TLS")
        ssl_sock = start_tls_session(@bare_sock)
        @sock = BufferedSSLSocket.new(ssl_sock, read_timeout: @read_timeout)
        if @private_data_connection
          voidcmd("PBSZ 0")
          voidcmd("PROT P")
        end
      rescue OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError, OpenTimeout
        @sock.close
        raise
      end
    end
  end
end Establishes an FTP connection to host, optionally overriding the default port. If the environment variable SOCKS_SERVER is set, sets up the connection through a SOCKS proxy. Raises an exception (typically Errno::ECONNREFUSED) if the connection cannot be established.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1138
def delete(filename)
  resp = sendcmd("DELE #{filename}")
  if resp.start_with?("250")
    return
  elsif resp.start_with?("5")
    raise FTPPermError, resp
  else
    raise FTPReplyError, resp
  end
end Deletes a file on the server.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1311
def features
  resp = sendcmd("FEAT")
  if !resp.start_with?("211")
    raise FTPReplyError, resp
  end
  feats = []
  resp.split("\n").each do |line|
    next if !line.start_with?(' ') # skip status lines
    feats << line.strip
  end
  return feats
end Issues a FEAT command
Returns an array of supported optional features
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 813
def get(remotefile, localfile = File.basename(remotefile),
        blocksize = DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE, &block) # :yield: data
  if @binary
    getbinaryfile(remotefile, localfile, blocksize, &block)
  else
    gettextfile(remotefile, localfile, &block)
  end
end Retrieves remotefile in whatever mode the session is set (text or binary). See gettextfile and getbinaryfile.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 752
def getbinaryfile(remotefile, localfile = File.basename(remotefile),
                  blocksize = DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE, &block) # :yield: data
  f = nil
  result = nil
  if localfile
    if @resume
      rest_offset = File.size?(localfile)
      f = File.open(localfile, "a")
    else
      rest_offset = nil
      f = File.open(localfile, "w")
    end
  elsif !block_given?
    result = String.new
  end
  begin
    f&.binmode
    retrbinary("RETR #{remotefile}", blocksize, rest_offset) do |data|
      f&.write(data)
      block&.(data)
      result&.concat(data)
    end
    return result
  ensure
    f&.close
  end
end Retrieves remotefile in binary mode, storing the result in localfile. If localfile is nil, returns retrieved data. If a block is supplied, it is passed the retrieved data in blocksize chunks.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 787
def gettextfile(remotefile, localfile = File.basename(remotefile),
                &block) # :yield: line
  f = nil
  result = nil
  if localfile
    f = File.open(localfile, "w")
  elsif !block_given?
    result = String.new
  end
  begin
    retrlines("RETR #{remotefile}") do |line, newline|
      l = newline ? line + "\n" : line
      f&.print(l)
      block&.(line, newline)
      result&.concat(l)
    end
    return result
  ensure
    f&.close
  end
end Retrieves remotefile in ASCII (text) mode, storing the result in localfile. If localfile is nil, returns retrieved data. If a block is supplied, it is passed the retrieved data one line at a time.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1274
def help(arg = nil)
  cmd = "HELP"
  if arg
    cmd = cmd + " " + arg
  end
  sendcmd(cmd)
end Issues the HELP command.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 908
def list(*args, &block) # :yield: line
  cmd = "LIST"
  args.each do |arg|
    cmd = "#{cmd} #{arg}"
  end
  lines = []
  retrlines(cmd) do |line|
    lines << line
  end
  if block
    lines.each(&block)
  end
  return lines
end Returns an array of file information in the directory (the output is like `ls -l`). If a block is given, it iterates through the listing.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 599
def login(user = "anonymous", passwd = nil, acct = nil)
  if user == "anonymous" and passwd == nil
    passwd = "anonymous@"
  end
  resp = ""
  synchronize do
    resp = sendcmd('USER ' + user)
    if resp.start_with?("3")
      raise FTPReplyError, resp if passwd.nil?
      resp = sendcmd('PASS ' + passwd)
    end
    if resp.start_with?("3")
      raise FTPReplyError, resp if acct.nil?
      resp = sendcmd('ACCT ' + acct)
    end
  end
  if !resp.start_with?("2")
    raise FTPReplyError, resp
  end
  @welcome = resp
  send_type_command
  @logged_in = true
end Logs in to the remote host. The session must have been previously connected. If user is the string “anonymous” and the password is nil, “anonymous@” is used as a password. If the acct parameter is not nil, an FTP ACCT command is sent following the successful login. Raises an exception on error (typically Net::FTPPermError).
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1264
def mdtm(filename)
  resp = sendcmd("MDTM #{filename}")
  if resp.start_with?("213")
    return get_body(resp)
  end
end Returns the raw last modification time of the (remote) file in the format “YYYYMMDDhhmmss” (MDTM command).
Use mtime if you want a parsed Time instance.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1196
def mkdir(dirname)
  resp = sendcmd("MKD #{dirname}")
  return parse257(resp)
end Creates a remote directory.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1112
def mlsd(pathname = nil, &block) # :yield: entry
  cmd = pathname ? "MLSD #{pathname}" : "MLSD"
  entries = []
  retrlines(cmd) do |line|
    entries << parse_mlsx_entry(line)
  end
  if block
    entries.each(&block)
  end
  return entries
end Returns an array of the entries of the directory specified by pathname. Each entry has the facts (e.g., size, last modification time, etc.) and the pathname. If a block is given, it iterates through the listing. If pathname is omitted, the current directory is assumed.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1090
def mlst(pathname = nil)
  cmd = pathname ? "MLST #{pathname}" : "MLST"
  resp = sendcmd(cmd)
  if !resp.start_with?("250")
    raise FTPReplyError, resp
  end
  line = resp.lines[1]
  unless line
    raise FTPProtoError, resp
  end
  entry = line.sub(/\A(250-| *)/, "")
  return parse_mlsx_entry(entry)
end Returns data (e.g., size, last modification time, entry type, etc.) about the file or directory specified by pathname. If pathname is omitted, the current directory is assumed.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1189 def mtime(filename, local = false) return TIME_PARSER.(mdtm(filename), local) end
Returns the last modification time of the (remote) file. If local is true, it is returned as a local time, otherwise it's a UTC time.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 892
def nlst(dir = nil)
  cmd = "NLST"
  if dir
    cmd = "#{cmd} #{dir}"
  end
  files = []
  retrlines(cmd) do |line|
    files.push(line)
  end
  return files
end Returns an array of filenames in the remote directory.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1294
def noop
  voidcmd("NOOP")
end Issues a NOOP command.
Does nothing except return a response.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1334
def option(name, params = nil)
  cmd = "OPTS #{name}"
  cmd += " #{params}" if params
  voidcmd(cmd)
end Issues an OPTS command
name Should be the name of the option to set
params is any optional parameters to supply with the option
example: option('UTF8', 'ON') => 'OPTS UTF8 ON'
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 869
def put(localfile, remotefile = File.basename(localfile),
        blocksize = DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE, &block)
  if @binary
    putbinaryfile(localfile, remotefile, blocksize, &block)
  else
    puttextfile(localfile, remotefile, &block)
  end
end Transfers localfile to the server in whatever mode the session is set (text or binary). See puttextfile and putbinaryfile.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 827
def putbinaryfile(localfile, remotefile = File.basename(localfile),
                  blocksize = DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE, &block) # :yield: data
  if @resume
    begin
      rest_offset = size(remotefile)
    rescue Net::FTPPermError
      rest_offset = nil
    end
  else
    rest_offset = nil
  end
  f = File.open(localfile)
  begin
    f.binmode
    if rest_offset
      storbinary("APPE #{remotefile}", f, blocksize, rest_offset, &block)
    else
      storbinary("STOR #{remotefile}", f, blocksize, rest_offset, &block)
    end
  ensure
    f.close
  end
end Transfers localfile to the server in binary mode, storing the result in remotefile. If a block is supplied, calls it, passing in the transmitted data in blocksize chunks.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 856
def puttextfile(localfile, remotefile = File.basename(localfile), &block) # :yield: line
  f = File.open(localfile)
  begin
    storlines("STOR #{remotefile}", f, &block)
  ensure
    f.close
  end
end Transfers localfile to the server in ASCII (text) mode, storing the result in remotefile. If callback or an associated block is supplied, calls it, passing in the transmitted data one line at a time.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1211
def pwd
  resp = sendcmd("PWD")
  return parse257(resp)
end Returns the current remote directory.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1285
def quit
  voidcmd("QUIT")
end Exits the FTP session.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 129 def read_timeout=(sec) @sock.read_timeout = sec @read_timeout = sec end
Setter for the read_timeout attribute.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1127
def rename(fromname, toname)
  resp = sendcmd("RNFR #{fromname}")
  if !resp.start_with?("3")
    raise FTPReplyError, resp
  end
  voidcmd("RNTO #{toname}")
end Renames a file on the server.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 630
def retrbinary(cmd, blocksize, rest_offset = nil) # :yield: data
  synchronize do
    with_binary(true) do
      begin
        conn = transfercmd(cmd, rest_offset)
        while data = conn.read(blocksize)
          yield(data)
        end
        conn.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR) rescue nil
        conn.read_timeout = 1
        conn.read rescue nil
      ensure
        conn.close if conn
      end
      voidresp
    end
  end
end 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 655
def retrlines(cmd) # :yield: line
  synchronize do
    with_binary(false) do
      begin
        conn = transfercmd(cmd)
        while line = conn.gets
          yield(line.sub(/\r?\n\z/, ""), !line.match(/\n\z/).nil?)
        end
        conn.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR) rescue nil
        conn.read_timeout = 1
        conn.read rescue nil
      ensure
        conn.close if conn
      end
      voidresp
    end
  end
end Puts the connection into ASCII (text) mode, issues the given command, and passes the resulting data, one line at a time, to the associated block. If no block is given, prints the lines. Note that cmd is a server command (such as “RETR myfile”).
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1204
def rmdir(dirname)
  voidcmd("RMD #{dirname}")
end Removes a remote directory.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 492
def sendcmd(cmd)
  synchronize do
    putline(cmd)
    return getresp
  end
end Sends a command and returns the response.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1301 def site(arg) cmd = "SITE " + arg voidcmd(cmd) end
Issues a SITE command.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1175
def size(filename)
  with_binary(true) do
    resp = sendcmd("SIZE #{filename}")
    if !resp.start_with?("213")
      raise FTPReplyError, resp
    end
    return get_body(resp).to_i
  end
end Returns the size of the given (remote) filename.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1248
def status(pathname = nil)
  line = pathname ? "STAT #{pathname}" : "STAT"
  if /[\r\n]/ =~ line
    raise ArgumentError, "A line must not contain CR or LF"
  end
  print "put: #{line}\n" if @debug_mode
  @sock.send(line + CRLF, Socket::MSG_OOB)
  return getresp
end Returns the status (STAT command).
when stat is invoked with pathname as a parameter it acts like list but a lot faster and over the same tcp session.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 680
def storbinary(cmd, file, blocksize, rest_offset = nil) # :yield: data
  if rest_offset
    file.seek(rest_offset, IO::SEEK_SET)
  end
  synchronize do
    with_binary(true) do
      begin
        conn = transfercmd(cmd)
        while buf = file.read(blocksize)
          conn.write(buf)
          yield(buf) if block_given?
        end
        conn.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR) rescue nil
        conn.read_timeout = 1
        conn.read rescue nil
      ensure
        conn.close if conn
      end
      voidresp
    end
  end
rescue Errno::EPIPE
  # EPIPE, in this case, means that the data connection was unexpectedly
  # terminated.  Rather than just raising EPIPE to the caller, check the
  # response on the control connection.  If getresp doesn't raise a more
  # appropriate exception, re-raise the original exception.
  getresp
  raise
end Puts the connection into binary (image) mode, issues the given server-side command (such as “STOR myfile”), and sends the contents of the file named file to the server. If the optional block is given, it also passes it the data, in chunks of blocksize characters.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 716
def storlines(cmd, file) # :yield: line
  synchronize do
    with_binary(false) do
      begin
        conn = transfercmd(cmd)
        while buf = file.gets
          if buf[-2, 2] != CRLF
            buf = buf.chomp + CRLF
          end
          conn.write(buf)
          yield(buf) if block_given?
        end
        conn.shutdown(Socket::SHUT_WR) rescue nil
        conn.read_timeout = 1
        conn.read rescue nil
      ensure
        conn.close if conn
      end
      voidresp
    end
  end
rescue Errno::EPIPE
  # EPIPE, in this case, means that the data connection was unexpectedly
  # terminated.  Rather than just raising EPIPE to the caller, check the
  # response on the control connection.  If getresp doesn't raise a more
  # appropriate exception, re-raise the original exception.
  getresp
  raise
end Puts the connection into ASCII (text) mode, issues the given server-side command (such as “STOR myfile”), and sends the contents of the file named file to the server, one line at a time. If the optional block is given, it also passes it the lines.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1220
def system
  resp = sendcmd("SYST")
  if !resp.start_with?("215")
    raise FTPReplyError, resp
  end
  return get_body(resp)
end Returns system information.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 502
def voidcmd(cmd)
  synchronize do
    putline(cmd)
    voidresp
  end
end Sends a command and expect a response beginning with '2'.
# File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1070
def parse_mlsx_entry(entry)
  facts, pathname = entry.chomp.split(/ /, 2)
  unless pathname
    raise FTPProtoError, entry
  end
  return MLSxEntry.new(
    facts.scan(/(.*?)=(.*?);/).each_with_object({}) {
      |(factname, value), h|
      name = factname.downcase
      h[name] = FACT_PARSERS[name].(value)
    },
    pathname)
end # File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1399
def parse_pasv_ipv4_host(s)
  return s.tr(",", ".")
end # File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1404
def parse_pasv_ipv6_host(s)
  return s.split(/,/).map { |i|
    "%02x" % i.to_i
  }.each_slice(2).map(&:join).join(":")
end # File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 1411
def parse_pasv_port(s)
  return s.split(/,/).map(&:to_i).inject { |x, y|
    (x << 8) + y
  }
end # File lib/net/ftp.rb, line 344
def start_tls_session(sock)
  ssl_sock = SSLSocket.new(sock, @ssl_context)
  ssl_sock.sync_close = true
  ssl_sock.hostname = @host if ssl_sock.respond_to? :hostname=
  if @ssl_session &&
      Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_REALTIME) < @ssl_session.time.to_f + @ssl_session.timeout
    # ProFTPD returns 425 for data connections if session is not reused.
    ssl_sock.session = @ssl_session
  end
  ssl_socket_connect(ssl_sock, @ssl_handshake_timeout || @open_timeout)
  if @ssl_context.verify_mode != VERIFY_NONE
    ssl_sock.post_connection_check(@host)
  end
  return ssl_sock
end 
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