Checking for successful file transfer

[ToddWW]

I am connecting to an FTP site over the internet and transferring a file. How do I check to see if the file transfer was successful. I tried using $XFERSTATUS and $FTPSTATUS with no success. Here is my last script.

dial FTP "manualconnect"
while $ftpstatus == 1
  yield
endwhile
if $ftpstatus != 3
  pause 2
  FTP REMOTE COPYFILE "csx20031105134547.dat"
  while $ftpstatus == 1
    yield
  endwhile
  if $xferstatus != 2
    ; FILE TRANSFER FAILED
  endif
else
  ;FTP CONNECTION FAILED
endif
pause 2
disconnect

The above code fired the $xferstatus block even though the file transfer was successful. When I tried to use the $FTPSTATUS it equated to zero (idle) even though the file transfer had failed. I changed the filename in the FTP REMOTE COPYFILE statement to force the download to fail. Is there a difference between a download failing due to a bad connection and a download failing due to a "File Not Found" error ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Todd

 

[knob]

Todd, $XFERSTATUS is only for transfers using modems and file transfer protocols like Zmodem. Additionally, $FTPSTATUS is not as "full-featured" as it could be. I have a sample on my site which transfers the file, then pulls a file listing from the FTP server and looks to see if the file is present. Not the greatest of workarounds, but about the best that I could do in ASPECT.


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