I'm interesting to send a file and it's filename.
Server's options:
-define(TCP_OPTIONS_SERVER, [binary, {packet, 0}, {active, false}]).
That's the receiver loop:
file_receiver_loop(Socket,Bs)->
case gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 0) of
{ok, B} ->
file_receiver_loop(Socket, [Bs, B]);
{error, closed} ->
io:format("~nReceived!~n ~p",[Bs]),
save_file(Bs)
end.
I send file with:
file:sendfile(FilePath, Socket),
When I send file and filename
gen_tcp:send(Socket,Filename),
file:sendfile(FilePath, Socket),
The Binary Data has a variable structure.
Thanks all!
I make this code to solve the problem.
I send 30 byte for the file name.
If the filename<30 I use the padding with white char.
When the connection is accepted I call function file_name_receiver(Socket), that receive the filename:
file_name_receiver(Socket)->
{ok,FilenameBinaryPadding}=gen_tcp:recv(Socket,30),
FilenamePadding=erlang:binary_to_list(FilenameBinaryPadding),
Filename = string:strip(FilenamePadding,both,$ ),
file_receiver_loop(Socket,Filename,[]).
This function riceive the binary data file:
file_receiver_loop(Socket,Filename,Bs)->
io:format("~nRicezione file in corso~n"),
case gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 0) of
{ok, B} ->
file_receiver_loop(Socket, Filename,[Bs, B]);
{error, closed} ->
save_file(Filename,Bs)
end.
Finally, this function save the file.
%%salva il file
save_file(Filename,Bs) ->
io:format("~nFilename: ~p",[Filename]),
{ok, Fd} = file:open("../script/"++Filename, write),
file:write(Fd, Bs),
file:close(Fd).
The sender use a simple function:
%%Permette l'invio di un file specificando host,filename e path assoluto
send_file(Host,Filename,FilePath,Port)->
{ok, Socket} = gen_tcp:connect(list_to_atom(Hostname), Port, TCP_OPTIONS_CLIENT),
FilenamePadding = string:left(Filename, 30, $ ), %%Padding with white space
gen_tcp:send(Socket,FilenamePadding),
Ret=file:sendfile(FilePath, Socket),
ok = gen_tcp:close(Socket).