Connecting to an FTP server with net/ftp using an FTP URL is a simple operation:

require 'net/ftp'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse('ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/')

Net::FTP.open(uri.host) do |ftp|
  ftp.login 'anonymous', 'me@privacy.net'
  ftp.passive = true
  ftp.list(uri.path) { |path| puts path }
end

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3.	if a username and password are required, use this code:
4.	use the chdir method:
5.	change to any directory in the remote filesystem:
6.	Ftp mkdir
7.	delete and rename files
8.	Set the mode to passive
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10.	prints a string to the screen whenever another 100 kilobytes of the file have been downloaded.
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12.	keep the user informed of the progress of the upload.
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Connecting to an FTP server with net/ftp using an FTP URL is a simple operation: : FTP Client « Network « Ruby

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