FTP Issue

[parsa033]

I setup a FTP script that is simply putting a txt file in a folder on a windows hosted server. It works 1 out of 5 times.... sometimes it uploads the file correctly, sometimes it deletes it.

I also tested it by putting another script to delete the file then upload the new one. But this does the same thing...
I also tried to transfer the file by both binary setting and ASCII

I'm not sure what to do??

Here is the code:

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FTPDelFile>ftp://ftp.URL.com,URL.com,xxx,21,/wwwroot/temp/myfile.txt
FTPPutFile>ftp://ftp.URL.com,URL.com,xxxx,21,c:\Main Folder\temp\myfile.txt,/wwwroot/temp/,A

I do have a FTP Client and it works fine... I am running DSL on my PC
"425 Cannot open data connection." is the error that shows up...
Please help
thanks

[Marcus Tettmar]

Syntax is wrong. First, you must specify just the server address/name. Remove the protocol identifier. Second, you're not specifying a name for the target file. Looks like you're trying to upload a file and name it as a directory. Type should be A for ascii if it's a text file. Should be:

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FTPDelFile>ftp.URL.com,URL.com,xxx,21,/wwwroot/temp/myfile.txt
FTPPutFile>ftp.URL.com,URL.com,xxxx,21,c:\Main Folder\temp\myfile.txt,/wwwroot/temp/myfile.txt,A

[mom]

I have tried the syntax FTPDelFile>http://www.ftpsite.no,username,password,21,/home/logs/ut/200*.txt,I, but it dosent work. Do you have to specify the the complete filename instead of using 200*.txt?

[Marcus Tettmar]

FTPDelFile needs the complete filename.

[parsa033]

This is what Im using

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Let>FTP_TIMEOUT=25
FTPPutFile>ftp.URL.com,USERNAME,PASS,21,c:\Main Folder\TEMP\myfile.txt,/wwwroot/myfile.txt,A

I still get a "425 cannon open a data connection error."

Please help...

[Marcus Tettmar]

That usually means you need passive mode. Try setting passive on:

Let>FTP_PASSIVE=1

If you search Google for the terms "ftp 425 cannot open data connection" you will find lots of issues with various FTP clients all suggesting you need to use passive mode.