ftpgetdirlist allways shows the complete folder content

[matthiasR]

Hi,

here with MS Pro 11.1.11
the ftpgetdirlist allways shows the complete directory listing, although i defined a file spec.

The following code should list all php-files

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FTPGetDirList>xxxx,user,passwort,21,c:/test.txt,/,*.php,d

but the listing contains the complete folder content.

Am i doing something wrong?

Regards,

Matthias

[Me_again]

There was another similar thread a while ago. Wildcard file selection by extension works (at least on my FTP server) in the older versions, before the Host Directory parameter was added to the command, but I have not seen a solution posted that will make it work in the current version (other than to filter the output file after generation).

(Incidentally the example in the online help for FTPGetDirList> doesn't include the Host_Dir.)

[gdyvig]

The user manual shows 6 commas, I count 7.

Gale

[Me_again]

From online help

FTPGetDirList>Server,Username,Password,port,Local_File,Host_Dir,Host_File_Spec,Type

I see 7

[gdyvig]

Hi Me_Again,

You are right, the online help and the manual shows 7 commas.

But the example shows only 6.
Should be corrected.


Other than that, do you see a problem in the syntax used by Mathius?


Gale

[Me_again]

Exactly, that was my comment above, the example is for the command before the host dir parameter was added.

No, I don't see anything wrong with the syntax, it's a replay of this thread.

I do wonder if it would work using the "L" option instead of the "D", or maybe that should be upper case, or maybe you can't ask it to do a wildcard search in multiple directories since I guess / is the root?

[Marcus Tettmar]

I have just tried it (with current v11 syntax) and it works fine - retrieves only filenames of the file type specified (I tried it against a web server folder for .php files and it returned a list of only the .php files - as expected).

[Me_again]

I can't make it work in the current version trial, can you post the line showing the host dir and file spec parameters please?

[Marcus Tettmar]

This is the line I am using (with credentials removed)

FTPGetDirList>server.com,user,pass,21,%SCRIPT_DIR%\ftptest.txt,/httpdocs,*.php,D

[Me_again]

Hmmm, no surprises there

Very strange, in 11.1.11e I can't get FTPGetDirList> to work at all on my webserver.

This doesn't work (FTP progress popup shows but no directory downloaded)

FTPGetDirList>myserver.com,myname,mypass,21,c:\temp\ftptest.txt,/web/FILES,*,D

But, copy 'n paste to avoid typos and edited to an FTPPutFile this works fine, so the server info and directories are OK.

FTPPutFile>myserver.com,myname,mypass,21,c:\temp\fdir.txt,/web/FILES,fdir2.txt,A

Copy 'n paste and edited to the old syntax this works fine in 9.1.02

FTPGetDirList>myserver.com,myname,mypass,21,c:\temp\ftptest.txt,/web/FILES/*,D

I'll try it on a different server.

[Me_again]

I'll try it on a different server.

I did try a different server and v11 FTPGetDirList> works perfectly on that one

Strange