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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
       number.

RETURN VALUE

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