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+;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of Guix.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix build ftp)
+  #:use-module (guix ftp-client)
+  #:use-module (guix build utils)
+  #:use-module (web uri)
+  #:export (ftp-fetch))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Fetch data such as tarballs over FTP (builder-side code).
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define (ftp-fetch url file)
+  "Fetch data from URL and write it to FILE.  Return FILE on success."
+
+  (setvbuf (current-output-port) _IOLBF)
+  (format #t "starting FTP download of `~a' from `~a'...~%" file url)
+  (let* ((uri  (string->uri url))
+         (conn (ftp-open (uri-host uri)))
+         (in   (ftp-retr conn (basename (uri-path uri))
+                         (dirname (uri-path uri)))))
+    (call-with-output-file file
+      (lambda (out)
+        ;; TODO: Show a progress bar.
+        (dump-port in out)))
+
+    (ftp-close conn))
+  file)
+
+;;; ftp.scm ends here