loading file from secure ftp site

what is the syntax for loading a file off of a ftp server with ausername and password?

f:system"sftp … -"

On 8/5/08, T10111 <tribalistix@gmail.com> wrote:

what is the syntax for loading a file off of a ftp server with a
username and password?

Is it possible to read secured ftp data directly into q? The objectiveis to read only the first N bytes of each file, and if a certainpattern is found, then to load the data to q for processing.On Aug 5, 7:23?am, “Felix LUNGU” <felix.lu…> wrote:> f:system"sftp … -">> On 8/5/08, T10111 <tribalis…> wrote:>>>> > what is the syntax for loading a file off of a ftp server with a> > username and password?</tribalis…></felix.lu…>

yes, you can read the output of program executed with system function.

On 8/5/08, T10111 <tribalistix@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to read secured ftp data directly into q? The objective
is to read only the first N bytes of each file, and if a certain
pattern is found, then to load the data to q for processing.