DownloadDirectory Property

Download directory.

Syntax

 oftpclient.getDownloadDirectory([callback])
 oftpclient.setDownloadDirectory( downloadDirectory, [callback])

Default Value

"./"

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getDownloadDirectory([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setDownloadDirectory([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This property contains the location on disk of the folder the class will write received files to. The default for this property is "./", which is the current working directory.

Note: If this property is set to empty string data will not be written to disk and instead will be available through the Transfer event.

Data Type

String