Re: CWD, CD, error message

["Richard B Baird" <rbaird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Scott,

> If you have a status procedure registered to tell you the progress of
> your file transfer, the "total file size" passed to the status procedure
> will be zero.   That's the only thing that the output of the SIZE command
> is used for.

that's cool.  don't need it, won't worry bout it.  thanks.

> > the get command didn't work - but it very well could be because the
latest
> > file (+0) wasn't available - but I won't be able to do a complete test
for
> > a week, and i'm trying to cover all my bases.

> The messages you've posted don't show the error from the RETR (retrieve)
> command.  This is the command that does the "actual" get, so if you could
> post the responses that came after that, I could tell you more.

the error was "file not loaded" or "doesn't exist" or some such - i pretty
much knew it wouldn't be.  I was just concerned about the SIZE being
rejected being a problem when I test it next week.

> Your subject refers to the CWD command having an error message, but you
> didn't say anything about that in the actual body of the e-mail.  Is
there
> an error there, too?

that was the wrong subject, an earlier question I was going to ask, but
figured out on my own.

seems this particular ftp server requires the directory name in a CWD (or
cd) requires quotes around it.   i.e.  'WRKINGDIR' instead of just
WRKINGDIR.

is this common?   funny thing is, it doesn't require if of the file name on
a get or put.   weird huh?

Thanks again,

Rick

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