mget

Class: FTP

Download files from FTP server

Syntax

mget(ftpobj,contents) mget(ftpobj,contents,target)

mget(ftpobj,contents) retrieves the file or folder specified by contents from an FTP server into the MATLAB^® current folder.

mget(ftpobj,contents,target) retrieves the file or folder into the local folder specified by target, which includes an absolute or relative path.

`ftpobj`	FTP object created by `ftp`.
`contents`	Character vector enclosed in single quotation marks that specifies either a file name or a folder name. Can include a wildcard character (*``**).
`target`	Character vector enclosed in single quotation marks that specifies the absolute or relative path of the local folder to contain the downloaded contents.

Connect to the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) FTP server and retrieve the file README.txt into the current MATLAB folder:

ngdc = ftp('ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov');
mget(ngdc,'README.txt');
close(ngdc);

FTP service courtesy of the NGDC. See NGDC Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and Copyright for NGDC terms of service.