I’m trying to access files on an FTP server embedded in specialised hardware with the Apache Commons Net library. For some reason listNames() works, but listFiles() does not. The documentation for the hardware is very limited, but it does at least say that active mode has to be used. Connection to the hardware is made over a local WiFi network
Tag: ftp
Ideas for listing files, directories, sub files & sub directories without recursion in ftp server
I’m trying to produce file listing of a given directory and it’s sub directories in a ftp server. The server works fine, and I have been successfully able to produce the file listing of the current directory. When I try to list the subdirectories and their files is where it gets complicated. I was asked not to use a recursion
Apache Commons FTP Passive mode, how to set remote listening port (data stream)
I try to connect with an FTP server with apache-commons-net-3.7.2 (implicit TLS, double factor authentication with client cert + login/password). I can authenticate myself, enter in passive mode, but the client doesn’t succeed in connecting to the server in order to get data by the data socket. I can connect myself, on the same computer, with WinSCP (same settings). I
Can you access files on the remote FTP server with RandomAccessFile?
I’m trying to read the file on the FTP remote-server using Apache Commons Net library. retrieveFileStream returns InputStream and put it in BufferedReader. But, I want to use RandomAccessFile (to …
Does Apache Commons Net FTPClient use passive or active mode by default?
The app I’m working with uses FTPClient class from Apache Commons Net to connect and transfer files to a FTP server. I’m trying to establish if it’s doing that in a passive or active mode by default …
Apache Java FTP client does not switch to binary transfer mode on some servers
I’m using org.apache.commons.net.ftp library to work with FTP servers. I use about 5 FTP servers and one of them doesn’t work properly (for me). For uploading files I also use method ftpClient….
Make FTP server return files listed by timestamp with Apache FTPClient
I have written this below code to connect to a remote FTP Server (vsftp in CentOS 6). (For brevity Exception handling is not shown here) FTPClient ftpClient = new FTPClient(); ftpClient….
FTPClient.listFiles is not returning time in seconds
private static void getFTPFileProperties(FTPClient client, String ftpLocation, String pattern) throws IOException { FTPFile[] fileList=null; fileList = client.listFiles(); for(…
How to get info of an FTPFile
I am using ApacheCommons to connect to a server and get information of a specific file. I am looking for a method like FTPFile file = ftpclient.getFile(path); or something like this, so I can give it …
Java FTP 550 error
I’m getting this error (550 the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. ) I think the url is correct (obviously not though). Any thoughts? Here is the url: Here is the invocation method: ftp class: Answer If the FTP server is running Windows, the ‘*’ characters are the problem. Windows file names may not have asterisks.