ftpwebrequest

How to check FtpWebRequest for errors

If I use System.Net.FtpWebRequest to upload a file to a vsftpd server, do I need to use GetResponse to check if the file was uploaded correctly? Or do I get an exception for every error? What in System.Net.FtpWebResponse should I check on? ...

FtpWebRequest Connecting to an AS/400

I need to download some files via ftp from an old AS/400 server. My code looks more or less like: FtpWebRequest _request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://ftpaddress/FOO.CSV"); _request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(_ftpUsername, _ftpPassword); _request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile; FtpWebResponse response ...

FtpWebRequest and foreign characters/utf-8 characters

When using FtpWebRequest to list files and folders, can I list names with foreign characters? A file name with 3 Chinese characters will come accross as "???" when enumerating files with FtpWebRequest: -rwxr-xr-x 1 user group 1800 Dec 22 16:13:10 ??? Am I doing something wrong, or does FtpWebRequest not support th...

Active/Passive FTP Transfer using FTPWebrequestclass

I am transferring files using FtpWebRequest class in C#; in that class there is a property ftpobject.usePassive = true (or) false; I meant it as if use passive is false then it is "Active" if use Passive is true then it is "Passive" what i meant above is right or wrong? ...

Help Needed for parsing FTP files list in c#

Hi, I am using this code for getting list of all the files in directory here webRequestUrl = something.com/directory/ FtpWebRequest fwrr = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(new Uri("ftp://" + webRequestUrl)); fwrr.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password); fwrr.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails; Strea...

System.Net.FtpWebRequest GetDateTimestamp call dies

Following test works... public void test1() { string server="ftp://myserver.com/dev"; string userName="myusername"; string password="mypassword"; FtpWebRequest req = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create( server ); req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential( userName, password ); req.Method = WebRequestMetho...

Get "The remote server returned an error: (500) Syntax error, command unrecognized" when I try to run FtpWebRequest.GetRequestStream

I have following code to send files to a FTP server. function FtpUploader( [string]$uri, [string]$localeFile, [string]$user = "ftp", [string]$password = "ftp", [int] $timeout = 20000 ){ trap { Write-Host ("ERROR: " + $_) -Foregroundcolor Red return $false } $ftp = [System.Net.FtpWebRequ...

Problem with deleting a file over FTP.

Hello. I am using C# to upload some file to a ftp server. If the file already existed the FtpWebRequest timed out, so I thought to deleate it first. However the WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DeleteFile also always times out. Am I doing something wrong? Here is my code: FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(address); re...

C# FtpWebRequest File version check

I am trying to use C# FtpWebRequest to download a file. I dont want to download unless the file version in the download site is greater than the current file version. How do i verify/get the file version on the remote server? ...

Access to the path is denied when programmatically downloading a file from ftp in C# on Win7 64bit

I'm using the C# framework REBEX to download file(s) from an FTP on Win7 64bit in VS2008. After I press F5 to start debugging, I get an error that Access to the path I'm downloading to is denied. I believe this may be due to UAC and elevated permissions issues on Win7/Vista. I did some research and found some information on app.manife...

how to download compressed file (.zip) through FTP using c#?

Hi How to download .zip file format using c# code? Here is the code, i am using to download. Just to highlight, If i download .txt file, it works fine. If i download .zip file, it downloads the .zip file but i can't open this. It complains that .zip is in incorrect format. I have doubt in how i am writing back the file on local drive....

Downloading files from multiple directory in one FTP Connection with FTPWebRequest in .NET

Is it possible to change the Path of the FTP session once the Session is Open. The reason I want to do this is to avoid to open the multiple FTP connection. The whole purpose is to download the files located in the FTP site in a single FTP connection. For example, in single FTP connection, I want download the contens from all the direct...

FTP upload using .NET

I am writing a code to upload a zip file to an ftp server. Surprisingly the code works fine for small files, but with bigger files I end up in problem. I am using Stream object and I have noted that my code is getting stuck while trying to close the Stream (only for big files). The code runs fine if I do not close the Stream (even for bi...

Upload Multiple FTP Files

Requirement, upload 1500 jpg images every night, the below code opens and closes a connection many times, I'm wondering if there is a better way. ...this is a code snippet, so there are variables here that are defined elsewhere Dim picClsRequest = DirectCast(System.Net.WebRequest.Create(ftpImagePath), System.Net.FtpWebRequest) Dim picC...

how to download file from ftp and upload it again

I need to download file from ftp and make some changing on it and downloading it again to the same ftp using vb.net any help please. thank you. ...

has anybody encountered this kind of exception while using FtpWebRequest to download files from FTP site

Here is the exception that I have : System.Net.Sockets.SocketException:A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not property respond after a period of tiime, or established connection failed becasue connected host has failed to respond at System.Net.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, INt32 offset, int32 size, SocketFlags s...

How to detect working internet connection in C#?

I have a C# code that basically uploads a file via FTP protocol (using FtpWebRequest). I'd like, however, to first determine whether there is a working internet connection before trying to upload the file (since, if there isn't there is no point in trying, the software should just sleep for a time and check again). Is there an easy way ...

FTP FileWatcher

So, I am in this little predicament where I am stuck watching a few ftp folders to see if they have new files added to them. If they do, it needs to throw an event with the file name. Thereby telling something else to download that file. This is a pretty simple object to make, I was just curious if anyone knew how expensive this operati...

FtpWebRequest DeleteFile fails with a web exception if the file name contains a # character

Hi, I am using the following code to delete a file from out Ftp server: private FtpWebRequest CreateFtpRequest(string requestUri, string method) { if (requestUri == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("requestUri"); } FtpWebRequest ftpWebRequest = null; try ...

C# How to check if an FTP Directory Exists

Hello Everyone, Looking for the best way to check for a given directory via FTP. currently i have the following code: private bool FtpDirectoryExists(string directory, string username, string password) { try { var request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(directory); request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(...