How to use FTP to read files from server?

[user12345]

Hi All,

This is my first ever post in Java forums. I am very new to Java.

My requirement is load data using sql*loader through Java taking files from the local machine. Now my requirement is to take the data files from the FTP server.

It may be a silly question, but I really do not have any idea how to read the files from FTP server.

Can someone help me with this issue?

Thanks in advance.

[logicbug]

This should get you started

URL url = new URL("ftp://user01:pass1234@ftp.foo.com/README.txt;type=i");
URLConnection urlc = url.openConnection();
InputStream is = urlc.getInputStream(); // To download
OutputStream os = urlc.getOutputStream(); // To upload