NLST Error in FTP

[ryanc2]

Using NLST in FTP to list the contents of a remote directory to a local file. One one box (Win2k Server), when there are no files in the remote directory, it creates a zero byte local file and everything is fine. However, when ftp'ng to a Solaris 5 system, the same NLST on an empty directory generates the 'No Such File or Directory' error and will not create the empty local file.

Any way around this? I need to create the local file so I can compare to another file to determine what to send.

Thanks in advance...

 

[PHV]

Why not create the empty local file before the ftp ?

Hope This Help, PH.
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[ryanc2]

Thanks for the post. That is certainly a workaround that I can implement, but I would also like to nkow why the inconsistency.