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How to compare two folders on a remote FTP server?
How to compare two folders on a remote FTP server?
Is it still true that BC2 can only make one FTP connection at a time and that means we can not compare two directories on a remote FTP site without have to download first? is there a better way to do this or a way around it?
thanks.
Re: How to compare two folders on a remote FTP ser
Hi,
I can load one side fine, which ever side that I try the first, it is twhich ever I try to load the second that errors, the error I got is "folder not available".
the two sides I am trying to load are:
"ftp://pdscp@unPRO5/cseFINCNV*SOURCE"
"ftp://pdscp@unPRO5/cseFINPRD*SOURCE"
is it because I am using the same host/username combination for both sides?
Re: How to compare two folders on a remote FTP ser
Are you running the latest BC 2.3.1? Are you using passive mode FTP? To turn on passive mode, check "Passive Mode" in the FTP > Firewall/Proxy section of Tools|Options.
If those suggestions don't help, what FTP server software is the server running that you are connecting to?
Also, the problem might be related to the * in the path names. Do you get the same error if you load two folders that don't have * in the name?
Re: How to compare two folders on a remote FTP ser
you said:"BC makes one FTP connection per host/username combination. It should still work to compare two folders on the same FTP server".
If so How do I compare two directories in BC2(side by side) on the same server use the same login ID and pass?
Re: How to compare two folders on a remote FTP ser
Yes, I am runing BC2 version 2.3.1 and I have "Passive mode" selected. I am trying to connect to a Unisys server runs FTP called CPFTP. The * in the path name does not cause a problem, I can load path with a * in the name.
Re: How to compare two folders on a remote FTP ser
This definitely looks like an issue with the ftp server.
When it logs in, it says "/ENTER-DIRECTORY-NAME" is the initial directory, then it sets a different directory, when it changes back to "/ENTER-DIRECTORY-NAME" it fails, so something is wrong with the way the server is reporting directory locations.
We don't have access to a unisys ftp server to test with, so I doubt there is anything that we can do to fix this.
If you can provide us access to a test unisys cpftp server or if you can suggest a public unisys cpftp server, we will look into it further. If you do, you can send the server information to [email protected].
Re: How to compare two folders on a remote FTP ser
I was having this problem also. What I tried, and this might not be the reason it eventually worked, but I would chmod 777 all of the files in the directory that weren't showing up, and the directory itself. YMMV.
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