dir for ftp connection - missing files sometimes

[Stephen Howe]

Hi

Using
TCC 13.04.63 Windows XP Prforessional [Version 5.1.2600]

I am finding that simple dir on some ftp connections does not always return the full list of files present

These files are weekly in January 2011 and I just repeating variations of the same command

[K:\Attribution\Archive]dir /b ftP:aw_audit_201101*.*
aw_audit_20110103.tns
aw_audit_20110110.tns
aw_audit_20110117.tns
aw_audit_20110124.tns
aw_audit_20110131.tns
[K:\Attribution\Archive]dir /b ftP:aw_audit_201101*.*
aw_audit_20110110.tns
aw_audit_20110117.tns
aw_audit_20110124.tns
aw_audit_20110131.tns
[K:\Attribution\Archive]dir /b ftP:aw_audit_2011011*.*
aw_audit_20110110.tns
aw_audit_20110117.tns
[K:\Attribution\Archive]dir /b ftP:aw_audit_2011011*.*
aw_audit_20110117.tns
[K:\Attribution\Archive]dir /b ftP:aw_audit_2011011*.*
aw_audit_20110110.tns
[K:\Attribution\Archive]

As you can see, there are missing files from the list.

I know that for 2011, 52 files are present. But frequently only 51 or 50 are listed, it is rare to see all 52.

Cheers

Stephen Howe

 

[rconn]

TCC is completely at the mercy of the FTP site -- it just makes a directory list request of the FTP site and displays the results. I think it's unlikely that TCC is discarding the names (on rare occasions and only on specific sites?); it's more likely the FTP site isn't returning them.

If you can reproduce this on a specific site, send the site info to [email protected] and I'll look into it.