Running ftp in java

Question

I am actually still working on how to call the ftp program in linux from a java application:
And came up wif this:
String s;
try
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p = rt.exec("ftp");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
BufferedReader err = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(p.getErrorStream()));
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new
OutputStreamWriter(p.getOutputStream()));
out.print("open strawberry.homeftp.net \n");
out.print("user\n");
out.print("password \n");
out.print("dir \n");
out.print("quit \n");
out.flush();
while((s=in.readLine())!=null)
System.out.println(s+"\n");
out.close();
catch(IOException io) {}
However, i get the Password prompt when i run it and it will login to the ftp when i gave the correct password.
But is there any other way to pass the password in without having to type it in the command line?
I desperately need to fix this :(...Can someone help?

Answer 1

I don't know the ftp client you are using
the command line arguments here are:
usage: ftp [-AadefginpRtvV] [-o outfile] [-P port] [-r retry]
[-T dir,max[,inc][[user@]host [port]]] [host:path[/]]
[file:///file] [ftp://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/path[]]
[http://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/path] [...]
ftp -u url file [...]
i.e. your can use:
   Process p = rt.exec("ftp ftp://user:[email protected]");but why not using the apache commons net libray http://apache.serveftp.org/apache-site/dist/jakarta/commons/net/binaries/commons-net-1.1.0.tar.gz
it has a java ftp client.