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[DanTheMan]

Hi, a problem with a function in VDSIPP if someone could help me ?

I used this command with success on a U-serv (ftp-server).
%S = @INTERNET(FTP,FILEINFO,1,%%anyfile,S)

But it will not work on an a Unix based ftp-server, %S = 0 it that case.
how can i check that filessize (bytes) are the same on both sides after an upload to the ftp-server ?
Any clue ?

Thanks
Dan

[DanTheMan]

The same problem described above also happens for FTP-server based on "WS-FTP Server Manager".

/Dan

[PGWARE]

Hello Dan, the FILEINFO function is not really reliable, it parses out data from the list of files and tries to get the filename and size. The problem is many ftp servers have their own unique format for reporting the list of names/sizes permission. For instance:

FILENAME PERMISSION SIZE DATE

The above could be the format for one ftp server while on another it could be:

FILENAME SIZE DATE PERMISSION


The VDSIPP's FILEINFO function only parses out a specific format and thus when it encounters the ftp servers you are having problems with it can't find the right size value and returns 0.

The best way is to use the FILELIST function and manually parse out the data to get the file name, permissions, size, date since each ftp server has it's own method to return the data.

[DanTheMan]

Thanks again PGWARE!