How to use the FTP protocol in C? [closed]

Question

I'm planning to study sockets using C language, and I want to create a basic FTP client. My question is where should I start reading about FTP protocol for socket programming in C?

And could you please give some FTP library for C language. Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are trying to learn stuff, just read the RFC and write code. If you are developing software for serious purposes, use an existing, well-tested library. My recommendation is libcurl. If you don't want to use a library, just spawn an instance of cURL from your C program and talk to it over pipes. That way you will also learn to program pipes in C, along with sockets!