ftp from a c sharp application

[Laoballer]

Hello all,
I'm new to C sharp and am starting a project where I have to bring in
historic weather data into a mysql database. The weather data can be
retrieved via anonymous ftp spanning multiple files. What I would like
to be able to do is create a C# application that will ftp into the
server and download the necessary files automatically. Does anyone
have any suggestions on how to do this and point me in the right
direction.

Thanks

[Peter Duniho]

Re: ftp from a c sharp application

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:12:50 -0700, Laoballer <laoballer@gmai l.comwrote:

Hello all,
I'm new to C sharp and am starting a project where I have to bring in
historic weather data into a mysql database. The weather data can be
retrieved via anonymous ftp spanning multiple files. What I would like
to be able to do is create a C# application that will ftp into the
server and download the necessary files automatically. Does anyone
have any suggestions on how to do this and point me in the right
direction.

You might start here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.ftpwebrequest.aspx

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

Re: ftp from a c sharp application

Laoballer wrote:

I'm new to C sharp and am starting a project where I have to bring in
historic weather data into a mysql database. The weather data can be
retrieved via anonymous ftp spanning multiple files. What I would like
to be able to do is create a C# application that will ftp into the
server and download the necessary files automatically. Does anyone
have any suggestions on how to do this and point me in the right
direction.

WebClient or (Ftp)WebRequest should be able to do what
you want.

(Ftp)WebRequest will provide you with a stream you can read from.

WebClient has DownloadData and DownloadString methods for
convenience.

Arne

[Nicola Musatti]

Re: ftp from a c sharp application

Laoballer wrote:

Hello all,
I'm new to C sharp and am starting a project where I have to bring in
historic weather data into a mysql database. The weather data can be
retrieved via anonymous ftp spanning multiple files. What I would like
to be able to do is create a C# application that will ftp into the
server and download the necessary files automatically. Does anyone
have any suggestions on how to do this and point me in the right
direction.

In my opinion the standard .NET classes tend to be a bit too web
application oriented. If I were you I'd consider looking for a specific
library/component, either commercial or open source. My own one is
available from here: http://dotnx.sourceforge.net/index.html , but I
suggest you do a little shopping around before choosing.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti