Pdf file transfer using ftp in java

Question

Hi,
I am tried to get a pdf file from ftp. I am using the following code. This code works fine with .txt files but not with .pdf files. The pdf file generated is empty.
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
public class FTPConn {
       public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
        FTPClient f = new FTPClient();
        try {
            f.connect(ip);
            f.login("username", "password");
            File dir = new File("dir");
            dir.mkdir();
            File myFile = new File(dir, "myfile19.pdf");
            myFile.createNewFile();
            FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(myFile);
            String content= fout.toString();
            boolean success = f.retrieveFile("/location on ftp/ftp.pdf", fout);
            System.out.println("Content :"+content);
            if (success) {
                fout.flush();
                fout.close();
            } else {
                System.out.println("Reterive failure");
            Desktop d = Desktop.getDesktop();
            d.open(myFile);
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();

Answer 1

Hi,
I am tried to get a pdf file from ftp. I am using the following code. This code works fine with .txt files but not with .pdf files. The pdf file generated is empty.
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
public class FTPConn {
       public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
        FTPClient f = new FTPClient();
        try {
            f.connect(ip);
            f.login("username", "password");
            File dir = new File("dir");
            dir.mkdir();
            File myFile = new File(dir, "myfile19.pdf");
            myFile.createNewFile();
            FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(myFile);
            String content= fout.toString();
            boolean success = f.retrieveFile("/location on ftp/ftp.pdf", fout);
            System.out.println("Content :"+content);
            if (success) {
                fout.flush();
                fout.close();
            } else {
                System.out.println("Reterive failure");
            Desktop d = Desktop.getDesktop();
            d.open(myFile);
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();