World: r3wp

You haven't specified a file to write to

you can try to use this: http://rebol.wik.is/Rebol3/Schemes/Ftp

Also as you can see, READ and WRITE does not support PORT! as an 
argument... at least not in R2

uh... sorry, now I see the link is for R3

Just dont' use the OPEN in the first line! And it will be working.

ftp-port: [scheme: 'ftp  host: "ftp.mysite.org"  user: "[user-:-mysite-:-org]" 
 pass: "xxxxxxxxxx"]
read ftp-port

Thanks Oldes, I'll give that a try.

ftp-port: [scheme: 'ftp  host: "ftp.mysite.org"  user: "[user-:-mysite-:-org]" 
 pass: "xxxxxxxxxx" target: %test.txt]
write ftp-port "hello"

Maybe there is some better way.. I don't remember it as I'm not using 
such a script.

I guess you are not using clasic way because of the #"@" char in 
user name.

I think you just need to change the host to ftp.mysite.org/testfile 
and it should work

You are correct, I cannot use the classic way due to the #['-:-'].

but the way you have it above you haven't specificed a target file

Oh, you are right, no target file.

Script Error: write expected destination argument of type: file url 
object block

Also note that you must use path if you don't want to write to root! 
Don't listen Graham, Host is just Host

the errors are meaningful!

Yep! One day I'll learn to read.

sorry ... you need a path element in your object

block ...

scheme host path port user and pass

port-id

You can tell I haven't done this for a long while either

maybe this will work??


write ftp://user%40mysite.org:[xxxx-:-ftp-:-mysite-:-org]/testfile.txt "hello"

ie. url-encode the username

actually this conversation should be in 'Core group

Anyway... using block or url is same.. the connection is cached... 
right.

url-encode the username. I tried that, did not work.

ok ... need to use the block form then

So I need to add a path in the block statement?

yep

You can see the caching when you do something like:
trace/net on

conn: [scheme: 'ftp  host: "ftp.mysite.org"  user: "[user-:-mysite-:-org]" 
 pass: "xxxxxxxxxx"]
loop 2 [probe read conn]

And last thing - you may need also passive: true in the conn block

Thanks for all the info, I'll try once more.

It's either path or target

Still no luck. I have looked at over 100+ google pages. Does anyone 
have a working example of a tcp connection using the non-standard 
method? So far I have not found one. Plenty of 'examples', but no 
actual working code. None of the 'examples' work for me. Everyone 
seems to be using the standard short method. Graham: Neither Path 
or Target worked. I checked the connection on my website and cpanel 
said I was logged in, so I have a connection, but I cannot get the 
correct syntax for 'write', so it goes back to the scheme host path 
port user pass path etc block. I'll buy someone a pint (I'm a Brit) 
or a cup of coffe for a working example of that code!

ok, you're on.

send the cofffee to me Wellington, NZ thanks

Well, two good friends of mine are moving to NZ at the end of the 
year. I'll ask them to deliver it or buy a fresh one for you when 
they arrive.

remote-spec:  [scheme: 'ftp  host: "ftp.mysite.org"  user: "[user-:-mysite-:-org]" 
 pass: "xxxxxxxxxx"]
local-file: %text.txt

source-port: open/binary/direct/read local-file ; BINARY mode
print "Attempting FTP connection..."


target-port: open/binary/direct/new/write remote-spec ; BINARY mode

insert target-port copy source-port

attempt [close target-port]
attempt [close source-port]

oops pressed send too quickly... not sure I was done...

write [ scheme: 'ftp host: "ftp.compkarori.com" port-id: 21 target: 
%/htdocs/reb/test.txt user: "compka" pass: "*****" ] "hello"

works for me

it's the same as the normal one liner syntax

Moccachino will do fine

my snippet is from a client app of mine and definitively works for 
me

Hold the marsmellow

hehe

my example allows you to insert just a few bytes at a time and update 
a progress bar, if you replace the 'INSERT line by a loop which only 
copies 2000 bytes at a time until the copy returns none

My example just does what you asked for :)