The port has a default value of 21, which is the standard port used by the FTP protocol. You shouldn't use a different value, unless you really know what you do.
This function tries to connect to the server so it may take a while to complete, especially if the server is not reachable. To avoid blocking your application for too long, you can use a timeout. The default value, Time::Zero, means that the system timeout will be used (which is usually pretty long).
Connect to the specified FTP server.
The port has a default value of 21, which is the standard port used by the FTP protocol. You shouldn't use a different value, unless you really know what you do. This function tries to connect to the server so it may take a while to complete, especially if the server is not reachable. To avoid blocking your application for too long, you can use a timeout. The default value, Time::Zero, means that the system timeout will be used (which is usually pretty long).