mget (ftp) (MATLAB Functions)

Download file from FTP site

Syntax

mget(f,'filename')
mget(f,'dirname')
mget(f,'wildcard')
mget(...,'target')

Description

mget(f,'filename') retrieves filename from the FTP server f into the MATLAB current directory, where f was created using ftp.

mget(f,'dirname') retrieves the directory dirname and its contents from the FTP server f into the MATLAB current directory, where f was created using ftp. You can use a wildcard (*) in dirname.

mget(...,'target') retrieves the specified items from the FTP server f, where f was created using ftp, into the local directory specified by target, where target is an absolute pathname.

Examples

Connect to the MathWorks FTP server, change to the pub/pentium directory, and retrieve the file Moler_1.txt into the MATLAB current directory.

tmw=ftp('ftp.mathworks.com');
cd(tmw,'pub/pentium');
mget(tmw,'Moler_1.txt');

Then retrieve all files containing the term Moler into the directory d:/myfiles.

```
mget(tmw,'*Moler*','d:/myfiles');
```

See Also

cd (ftp), ftp, mput (ftp)

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