ftp 'get' task fails with linked file names

[pscholz]

I am trying to download files from an external ftp server using the ftp task, action="get".

This works well, except for one file that is a just a link to another file in the same directory. I was planning to download the file using the link name, as the 'real' name changes quite often and that would mean I have to change my script every time they change that file name.

I can download that file using the link name with any other ftp client, just with ant I don't get it, neither using wildcards, or specifying the full name. Also this file isn't listed then using action="list".

Anybody has a solution/tip, or is this a deficiency in this task?

Thanks for any information.

Peter Scholz
Soft Service Computer GmbH
D-61191 Rosbach
pscholz@softservice-computer.de

 

[pscholz]

seems that this is a reported bug in ant 1.5, as someone in another forum pointed out:

Bug#: 14063
Summary: ANT FTP will not download a file if it is a symlink.

This should be fixed in 1.6.