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Re: FTP-download of zero size files

From: Fred <zephred_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:34:01 +0100

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 17:24, Young,Jim <Jim.Young_at_cerner.com> wrote:
> This behavior doesn't happen when connecting to all ftp servers.  I've noted it connecting to an Ipswitch MoveIT server but not to plain vanilla UNIX/Linux ftp servers.

I am using proftpd 1.3.3e on linux.

> I've programmed around the problem in my shell scripts by listing the file first and having the shell script decide what to do with the file if it's zero length.

I use recursive transfers, so having to do work around would really be
a hassle... :-/

Fred.

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Received on 2011-12-21