> I don't understand this completely. Do you mean that when you RETR a
> file and then the sending end doesn't send anything, you get an empty
> file produced?

Yes. The commands sequence when a source host is passive is as the
following:
/* transfers file between remote hosts */
FTPSENDF(sec_conn, "RETR %s", data->set.source_path);

if (data->set.ftp_append) {
  /* we append onto the file instead of rewriting it */
  FTPSENDF(conn, "APPE %s", conn->path);
} else {
  FTPSENDF(conn, "STOR %s", conn->path);
}
result = Curl_GetFTPResponse(&nread, sec_conn, &ftpcode);
if (result) return result;
if (ftpcode != 150) return CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE;

result = Curl_GetFTPResponse(&nread, conn, &ftpcode);
if (result) return result;
if (ftpcode != 150) return CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_STOR_FILE;

There is no response after the RETR command. Therefore STOR/APPE should
be sent. In this step an empty target file was created. Now we have the
response from both commands, and particularly from RETR we might have
"550 : No such file or directory." error.

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