globus_ftp_control(3)

💅 globus_ftp_control — the GridFTP Control API

okay bestie, welcome to globus_ftp_control(3), from the Library Functions Manual. this is the whole GridFTP Control API, and yes it's giving very much "low-level but make it iconic" 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

globus_ftp_control — GridFTP Control API

like… that's it. that's the name. it's the GridFTP Control API. 💖

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

🦋 Topics 🦋

• GridFTP Constants — Constants. yes queen, they're constant. 💅
• GridFTP Server Control — Manage GridFTP Server Control Connections.
• GridFTP Control Client — Control Client.
• GridFTP Data Connections — Data Connections.

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👑 Detailed Description 👑

globus_ftp_control — GridFTP Control API.

so like, the globus_ftp_control library is the one that hands you the low-level services you need to actually implement FTP clients and servers 🫶 and no cap, the API it gives you is protocol specific. if you wanted something protocol-independent instead, girly, go look at the GASS Transfer library. different vibe, same goal ✨

the data transfer part of this API has your back for all the standard data methods described in the FTP Specification, plus the extensions for parallel, striped, and partial data transfer 🌸 (yes she does all three, she's multi-talented).

ok important bestie moment: any program that uses the GridFTP Control Library must include the globus_ftp_control.h header. non-negotiable. periodt. 💀

the API docs are organized into several sections:

• GridFTP Server Control
• GridFTP Control Client
• GridFTP Data Connections
• GridFTP Constants

🧚 activating the library 🧚

the Globus FTP Control library uses the standard module activation and deactivation API to initialize its state. so before you call literally any GridFTP functions, the module has to be activated:

globus_module_activate(GLOBUS_FTP_CONTROL_MODULE);

this function returns GLOBUS_SUCCESS if the GridFTP library was successfully initialized 🎉 and listen — it can be called multiple times, she does not mind the company 💜

to deactivate the GridFTP library, you gotta call this:

globus_module_deactivate(GLOBUS_FTP_CONTROL_MODULE);

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🍼 Author 🍼

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and that's the whole page bestie, mwah 💋 this was globus_ftp_control, Version 9.10, straight from globus_ftp_control(3) 🌟 go forth and transfer responsibly, iykyk 💖🦋✨