CFFTP error- what it means?

[LongHorn]

This is the error I received when trying to list the contents of the directory.

550 /*.*: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

What does this error mean?

Here is my code (the same as the one in the CF Help References)

<--- open FTP connection --->
<CFFTP CONNECTION=FTP
USERNAME=&quot;anonymous&quot;
PASSWORD=&quot;password&quot;
SERVER=&quot;

http://www.someserver.com&quot;

ACTION=&quot;Open&quot;
STOPONERROR=&quot;Yes&quot;>
<--- change directory name --->
<CFFTP CONNECTION=FTP
ACTION=&quot;ChangeDir&quot;
DIRECTORY=&quot;some_directory&quot;
STOPONERROR=&quot;Yes&quot;>

<--- get current directory name --->
<CFFTP CONNECTION=FTP
ACTION=&quot;GetCurrentDir&quot;
STOPONERROR=&quot;Yes&quot;>

<--- output directory name --->
<CFOUTPUT>
FTP directory listing of #cfftp.returnvalue#.<p>
</CFOUTPUT>

<--- get directory info --->
<CFFTP CONNECTION=FTP
ACTION=&quot;listdir&quot;
DIRECTORY=&quot;/*.*&quot;
NAME=&quot;q&quot;
STOPONERROR=&quot;Yes&quot;>

<--- output dirlist results --->
<HR>
<P>FTP Directory Listing:</P>

<CFTABLE QUERY=&quot;q&quot; HTMLTABLE>
<CFCOL HEADER=&quot;<B>Name</B>&quot; TEXT=&quot;#name#&quot;>
<CFCOL HEADER=&quot;<B>Path</B>&quot; TEXT=&quot;#path#&quot;>
<CFCOL HEADER=&quot;<B>URL</B>&quot; TEXT=&quot;#url#&quot;>
<CFCOL HEADER=&quot;<B>Length</B>&quot; TEXT=&quot;#length#&quot;>
<CFCOL HEADER=&quot;<B>LastModified</B>&quot;
TEXT=&quot;Date(Format#lastmodified#)&quot;>
<CFCOL HEADER=&quot;<B>IsDirectory</B>&quot;
TEXT=&quot;#isdirectory#&quot;>
</CFTABLE>



thanks,
Longhorn

 

[duns]

Hi,

In

<--- get directory info --->
<CFFTP CONNECTION=FTP
ACTION=&quot;listdir&quot;
DIRECTORY=&quot;/*.*&quot;
NAME=&quot;q&quot;
STOPONERROR=&quot;Yes&quot;>

I think you actually need the directory to be a directory name so it should probably be :

<--- get directory info --->
<CFFTP CONNECTION=FTP
ACTION=&quot;listdir&quot;
DIRECTORY=&quot;#cfftp.returnvalue#&quot;
NAME=&quot;q&quot;
STOPONERROR=&quot;Yes&quot;>
Or whatever directory name you have got.
If you wish to get the ftp listing for all subdirectories it is a little more difficult. You will have to recurse through each directory to get the information.
So if you create a blank array and then List the directory being pointed to, and add its directories to the array. Do this until the last directory has been added and then output the array.

 

[LongHorn]

Thank you, duns. That works great.