MBS CURL Plugin FTP changing filename

Targets macOS
1

I’m using the “CURLS ftp file upload direct” example, and while it uploads the file to the ftp server, the name of the file gets changed from “something.zip” to
OptionUsername.

If I change the name back on the ftp, and add .zip extension, the file works.

I’ve tried other ftp Curl examples, and they all do the same thing - the file gets uploaded, but with the user name as the file name

dim d as new UploadCURL

if d.OpenMTInputFile(f) then
  // ok
else
  MsgBox "Failed to open file."
  Return
End If

d.OptionURL = url.Text
d.OptionUpload = True
d.OptionVerbose = true // generate messages
d.CollectDebugMessages = true // collect them

d.OptionUsername = "the_user_name"
d.OptionPassword = "00000-00000-00000"
d.OptionSSHAuthTypes = 2+8 // for SFTP: only allow keyboard or interactive login, no public key


dim e as integer = d.Perform

dim DebugMessages as string = d.DebugMessages
// check those in debugger in case of errors

listbox1.addrow "Result: "+str(e)

if e <> 0 then
  break
end if
2

The file name on the server goes into the URL.
Don’t forget to use EncodeURLComponent() for this.

e.g.

d.OptionURL = "ftp://test.server.com/folder/" + EncodeURLComponent(filename)

d.CollectDebugMessages and d.OptionVerbose are now on by default, so the lines are no longer needed.

3

With filename “TestFile.zip” and username “Doug_Adams” and ftp “ftp://myserver.com/Doug_Adams”, I’m getting a file name of “Doug_AdamsTestFile.zip”

if I use “ftp://myserver.com/Doug_Adams/” I get an error result 9.

4

Error 9 may be ‘Server denied you to change to the given directory’
Do you have Doug_Adams folder?
Do you have the rights to read/write to it?

Note: if you are connecting as the user maybe the path is relative to the user’s default dir.

5

Leave the Doug_Adams part away.
You are probably already in that folder.

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6

That’s a Bingo! Thanks Christian!