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# Examples

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The following is a simple example of an FTP session, where the user `guest` with password `password` logs on to the remote host `erlang.org`:

          1> ftp:start().
          ok
          2> {ok, Pid} = ftp:open([{host, "erlang.org"}]).
          {ok,<0.22.0>}
          3> ftp:user(Pid, "guest", "password").
          ok
          4> ftp:pwd(Pid).
          {ok, "/home/guest"}
          5> ftp:cd(Pid, "appl/examples").
          ok
          6> ftp:lpwd(Pid).
          {ok, "/home/fred"}.
          7> ftp:lcd(Pid, "/home/eproj/examples").
          ok
          8> ftp:recv(Pid, "appl.erl").
          ok
          9> ftp:close(Pid).
          ok
          10> ftp:stop().
          ok

The file `appl.erl` is transferred from the remote to the local host. When the session is opened, the current directory at the remote host is `/home/guest`, and `/home/fred` at the local host. Before transferring the file, the current local directory is changed to `/home/eproj/examples`, and the remote directory is set to `/home/guest/appl/examples`.

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