C++ and FTP

[Per Anton R?nning]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Per Anton R?nning wrote:
>   
>> Example:
>> -------------
>> char  curlcmd[100];
>> char url[]="http://<url....>",char receiving_file[]="/<some
>> directory>/recfile.html"
>> //setup url command
>>  sprintf(curlcmd,"curl %s > %s",url,receiving_file);
>>  i=system(curlcmd);
>>     
>
> Why would you use curl with system, when it has a well-documented API
> (http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/)?
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
>   
Why not? Simplicity. It works, and then I don't spend more time on the 
issue.

Brgds
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