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.TH FtpConnect 3 "26 November 1997" FTPlib
.SH NAME
FtpConnect \- Connect to an FTP server.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B "#include <ftplib.h>"
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.BI "int FtpConnect(const char *" host ", netbuf **" nControl ");"
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.TP
.B "host"
The name of the host machine to connect to and optionally an alternate port number to use.
.TP
.B "nControl"
The address where the pointer to the newly created control handle should be stored.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP
FtpConnect() establishes a connection to the FTP server on the specified machine and returns a handle which can be used to initiate data transfers. The host name should be specified as or :.may be either a host name or ip address. may be either a service name or a port number.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.LP
If the connection to the remote server if successful, FtpConnect() returns 1. Otherwise, 0 is returned.