"Andrew Smith" <Andrew Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9ECA3328-23BF-4803-9CD3-9D0B488063F2@microsoft.com...
> I'm having an issue with an FTP server that i'm developing. The problem i
> am
> having is the the windows explorer ftp client is changing directories
> improperly. i did the same activies with another ftp server and the
> windows
> explorer ftp client respond as it should. i've been following the RFC 959.
> but maybe i'm not doing something right here.
>
> The problem occurs when the client is downloading multiple directories, it
> will list the current directory and keep entering the first directory it
> finds in then list that one. until it reaches a point when there are no
> more
> directories to enter, then it will CWD to the directory above and enter
> the
> other directories that it hasn't been to yet, and then it'll just keeping
> going down until it can't anymore and work its way throught the directory
> structors in that manner. The problem that it does with my ftp server is
> that
> when it first starts the processes it will start going down the
> directories
> first, but once it reaches a point to where it needs to go up a directory
> to
> find the rest of the files it does do a CWD to the folder above it, it
> will
> send a CWD / (the root) twice in a row????
>
> here is a log of whats it does exactly, I have setup 3 folders, titled
> folder1, folder2, and subfolder, each of the have a single file in them
> named
> "file in folder <foldernamehere>.txt", (exmple: for the folder1 directory,
> the file is called "file in folder1.txt") the sub folder directory is a
> sub
> folder of the folder1. These three folders live in a directory called
> "Test
> Folder" which lives on my desktop. the logs here shows an attempt to
> download
> the "Test Folder".
>
> Accept Callback Ran
> Server: 220 Ftp Server Ready
>
> Client: USER testUser
> Server: 331 password for merkaba please...
>
> Client: PASS testPassword
> Server: 230 user testUser login successful.
>
> Client: opts utf8 on
> Server: 501 Option Not Supported.
>
> Client: syst
> Server: 215 Win32NT
>
> Client: site help
> Server: 500 Unknown Command.
>
> Client: PWD
> Server: 200 /
>
> Client: TYPE A
> Server: 200 Type set to A.
>
> Client: PASV
> Server: 227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,35,54)
>
> Client: LIST
> Server: 150 Opening Data Connection
>
> Server: drwxr--r-- 1 owner group 0 Apr 02 14:34 desk
>
> Server: 226 Transfer Complete
>
> Client: noop
> Server: 200 NOOP Command Successful
>
> Client: CWD /desk/
> Server: 250 CWD Completed, Current Directory "/desk/"
>
> <client does a list on the desktop items, it inclueds the "Test Folder" as
> a
> directory>
>
> Client: PWD
> Server: 200 /desk/
>
> Client: CWD Test Folder
> Server: 250 CWD Completed, Current Directory "/desk/Test Folder"
>
> Client: TYPE A
> Server: 200 Type set to A.
>
> Client: PASV
> Server: 227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,29,137)
>
> Client: LIST
> Server: 150 Opening Data Connection
>
> Server: d---r--r-- 1 owner group 0 Apr 02 14:45 Folder 1
> Server: d---r--r-- 1 owner group 0 Apr 02 14:27 Folder 2
>
> Server: 226 Transfer Complete
>
> Client: PWD
> Server: 200 /desk/Test Folder
>
> Client: CWD Folder 1
> Server: 250 CWD Completed, Current Directory "/desk/Test Folder/Folder 1"
>
> Client: TYPE A
> Server: 200 Type set to A.
>
> Client: PASV
> Server: 227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,29,197)
>
> Client: LIST
> Server: 150 Opening Data Connection
>
> Server: ----r--r-- 1 owner group 61 Apr 02 11:26 File In
> Folder1.txt
> Server: d---r--r-- 1 owner group 0 Apr 02 14:51
> SubFolder
>
> Server: 226 Transfer Complete
>
> Client: PWD
> Server: 200 /desk/Test Folder/Folder 1
>
> Client: CWD SubFolder
> Server: 250 CWD Completed, Current Directory "/desk/Test Folder/Folder
> 1/SubFolder"
>
> Client: TYPE A
> Server: 200 Type set to A.
>
> Client: PASV
> Server: 227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,32,184)
>
> Client: LIST
> Server: 150 Opening Data Connection
>
> Server: ----r--r-- 1 owner group 60 Apr 02 11:08 File In
> SubFolder.txt
>
> Server: 226 Transfer Complete
>
> // HERE IS WHERE THIS MESSES UP AT, i USED NETMON TO SEE WHAT IT DOES
> NORMALLY (NOT ON MY FTP SERVER)
> // normall it will do the following 2 cwd in a row.
> // Client: CWD /Desktop/Folder/Folder 1/
> // OtherServer: Change directory ok
> // Client: CWD /Desktop/Folder/
> // OtherServer: Change directory ok
> //but instead it just does a cwd to the root twice in a row ?
>
> Client: CWD /
> Server: 250 CWD Completed, Current Directory "/"
>
> Client: CWD /
> Server: 250 CWD Completed, Current Directory "/"
>
> Client: PWD
> Server: 200 /
>
> Client: CWD Folder 2
> Server: 550 The system cannot find the file specified.
>