MATLAB: How to download a file from NOAA server

Question

I tried to download a text file from NOAA server using this code:

 clear
 mw = ftp('ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov');
 dir(mw)
 mget(mw, 'ghcnd-stations.txt');
 end

After taking a while to run it, I got the next error: Error using ftp/mget (line 106) File "ghcnd-stations.txt" not found on server.

Then, I modified the last line with:

 mget(mw, 'ghcnd-stations.txt', 'pub/data/ghcn/daily');

and later with:

 mget(mw, 'pub/data/ghcn/daily', 'ghcnd-stations.txt');

But, there is still an error.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Answer 1

mw = ftp('ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov');
cd(mw, 'pub/data/ghcn/daily');
files_stored_as = mget(mw, 'ghcnd-stations.txt');

Now you can process the downloaded file, whose full stored location is in files_stored_as{1}