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tony_smith
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FTP Command Log

Post by tony_smith » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:40 pm

Is there a way to log FTP session commands to a file? Not the script log, but the actual exchanges between the two servers showing commands sent and the resulting reply.

I can see the commands zipping past in the Msched FTP status window... it is those I wish to log.

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Post by pgriffin » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:23 am

Just after the FTP command check the FTP_RESULT variable. I'm not sure how you might attain more detail than that. If you need to use several FTP commands, be sure to store the FTP_RESULT in a variable after each use.

let>r=1
FTPGetDirList>.......
let>FTPResult%r%=FTP_RESULT
let>r=r+1
FTPGetFile>.....
let>FTPResult%r%=FTP_RESULT

etc....


Does this help?

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Post by tony_smith » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:24 pm

Thanks, I know and use the FTPRESULT. What I need is the log... the series of commands and results that Msched sends and receives as it goes through logon and file download. The FTP command sent returns a value or string from the remote site after each FTP command. For instance FTPGetFile has to send several FTP commands to accomplish what is does.

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Post by Marcus Tettmar » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:53 pm

Go download the free ftp proxy program from:
http://www.security.nnov.ru/soft/3proxy/

Run it like this:

ftppr.exe -lc:\log.txt

Modify your FTP calls to use 127.0.0.1 for the server address. Username becomes user@serveraddress, e.g:

FTPGetFile>127.0.0.1,[email protected],password,21,....etc....etc

Now run as usual. c:\log.txt now contains complete session log - contains all FTP commands that have passed back and forth ....
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Post by tony_smith » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:14 pm

Thank you Marcus!

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