debian man page for ftpconnect

FtpConnect(3)						     Library Functions Manual						     FtpConnect(3)

NAME
       FtpConnect - Connect to an FTP server.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ftplib.h>

       int FtpConnect(const char *host, netbuf **nControl);

PARAMETERS
       host   The name of the host machine to connect to and optionally an alternate port number to use.

       nControl
	      The address where the pointer to the newly created control handle should be stored.

DESCRIPTION
       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  num-
       ber.

RETURN VALUE
       If the connection to the remote server if successful, FtpConnect() returns 1. Otherwise, 0 is returned.

FTPlib								 26 November 1997						     FtpConnect(3)