ftp://blahblahblah?username=x&password=y ??

[AHunter3]

Can an ftp URL hot link be written in such a way that the login username and password are passed along as well as the ftp filepath? I’m almost positive it can be but I can’t remember how to set it up and my attempts this morning don’t work

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[Hunsecker]

C&P’ed from http://www.netspace.org/users/dwb/url-guide.html#ftp

ftp://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<cwd1>/<cwd2>/…/<cwdN>/<name>;type=<typecode>

If contacting a site which provides general FTP access, the user and password can be omitted, including the colon
between them and the at-symbol afterwards. The host is the Internet address of the FTP site. The port and its
preceding colon can be omitted as well. The portion of “<cwd1>/<cwd2>/…/<cwdN>” refers to the series of “change
directory” commands a client must use to move to the directory in which the file desired resides. The name is the
name filename of the desired file. The construction “;type=<typecode>” allows for a transmission method (e.g. ascii
vs. binary) to be specified, but I haven’t found any clients which support this syntax, and in fact, most incorrectly
assume that it is part of the filename. For now, avoid using the typecode.

[Hunsecker]

Aargh, all the things in <>s got treated as tags. Lemme try again…

ftp://[user]:[password]@[host]:[port]/[cwd1]/[cwd2]/…/[cwdN]/[name];type=[typecode]

[AHunter3]

Hot damn, that works! Thanks. Owe you one. (Chocolate? Scotch? Ice cream?)

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