FTP question

[eyetry]

Not sure if this is the correct forum but I have an FTP question.

Is there a way to create an empty file on an FTP server without actually having an empty file to 'put' to the server?

ie.... not the following...

put empty_file_to_put.txt dest_path/empty_file.txt

more like....

create dest_path/new_file.txt

 

[BMurtagh]

Hi eyetry,

I was a big unsure myself if this was possible, however I've checked the RAW FTP commands list and the only option is the STOR command:

STOR
Syntax: STOR remote-filename
Begins transmission of a file to the remote site. Must be preceded by either a PORT command or a PASV command so the server knows where to accept data from.

You can get a more detailed list of FTP RAW commands at:

http://www.jtpfxp.net/rawcmd.htm

but none seem to 'create' a file on there without uploading one.

Brendan Murtagh - HostMySite.com
Technical Support Representative
bmurtagh@hostmysite.com

http://www.hostmysite.com?utm_source=bb

 

[smah]

Hmm, sort of like the *nix 'touch' command. (Be careful if you google for the man page). It's not an ftp function, but if you have shell access on a linux server you could just 'touch' the file.