5.23.3 CONNECT

The CONNECT command is used to connect to the remote SSH2 FTP server.

Syntax:

Command

Keyword

Value

Developer notes

CONNECT

HOST

host:port

Required. Remote host.
Default port. 22.

ENCODING

 

Optional. Remote server path encoding.
See ENCODING.
Default is *DEFAULT.

COMPRESSION

*YES

Optional. Enable communication compression.

*NO

Default.

WAIT

milliseconds

Read timeout. The default value is 0.
The amount of time to wait on a read.

TIMEOUT

milliseconds

The host connection timeout in milliseconds. Default indicates an infinite timeout or an operating system timeout.

 

Example

CONNECT HOST(ftpserver) TIMEOUT(10000) WAIT(5000)