Using FTP how do I rename a directory with trailing spaces?

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Using FTP how do I rename a directory with trailing spaces?

I have a directory on my website the has two trailing spaces (automatically created) and now I need to rename it to the same name with out the spaces.

For example: ren "BON N ALL " "BON N ALL"

But I keep getting;
ftp> ren "BON N ALL " "BON N ALL"
550 BON N ALL : The system cannot find the file specified.

I've tried using wildcards like;

ftp> ren "BON N ALL??" "BON N ALL"
550 BON N ALL??: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

ftp> ren "BON N ALL" "BON N ALL"
550 BON N ALL: The system cannot find the file specified.

ftp> ren "BON N ALL*" "BON N ALL"
550 BON N ALL*: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

This is on a windows system with IIS. Any help would be appreciated.

I try to do it with the ftp client included with windows XP with the same results, however, with the filezilla client I had no problem to rename it. Filezilla client use the RNFR and RNTO to rename the files successfully, but the windows comand line ftp client do not have this commands. I recomend you to change your ftp client.

Good luck.

Jonathan 2009-08-26 08:39:24

Thanks Jonathan. I was unable to rename it using Filezilla. In the end I had to get the admins from my hosting provider to logon to the server and change it from a command line using the technique from this KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315226.

Mark Milbourne 2009-08-26 21:56:58

The Windows FTP client does use RNFR and RNTO commands. Those are the only FTP commands available for renaming items. The "ren" command uses RNFR/RNTO internally, which you can verify with any packet sniffer. Do not get confused by the fact that the Windows FTP client lets the user type in DOS-style commands. They are translated into actual FTP commands transparently.

Remy Lebeau - TeamB 2009-08-28 01:33:34

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