The problem is that you don't read *all* the data that comes is before sending another
command. You send another command and you read what was left over from last time
so you must create a mechanism to "empty the pipe" before sending another command.
>
>Thanks to Andu. . .and his recommendation
>to use Interarchy to watch the data stream I am slowly
>making progress on FTP protocol with sockets
>
>So far I can log in and get as far as requesting a port.
>But then I hit this anamoly
>
>when MC reads from the socket it
>returns data previously sent a few lines before:
>
>after sending:
>
>write "PASV" & CRLF to socket Q
> read from socket Q for 1 line
> put cr & it after fld "log"
> put it into tReply
> put tReply
> replace ")" with empty in tReply
> set the itemDel to "("
> put item 2 of tReply into n1
> set itemDel to ","
> put item 1 to 4 of n1 into tIP
> replace "," with "." in tIP
>
>Interarchy shows me that up to that point the server is saying:
>
>
>Receive data (56 bytes) on stream 33.
>>000003D0> 230-You are user #50 of 50 simultaneous users allowed.
>
>Receive data (38 bytes) on stream 33.
>>00000408> 230-
>>0000040E> 230 Restricted user logged in.
>
>Send data (6 bytes) on stream 33.
><000000CC< PASV
>
>Receive data (52 bytes) on stream 33.
>>0000042E> 227 Entering Passive Mode (204,94,112,135,202,112)
>
>The last statement being the response from the server after
>
>write "PASV" & CRLF to socket Q
>
>But (see above script) on the next read from socket for 1 line
>variable tReply contains:
>
>>000003D0> 230-You are user #50 of 50 simultaneous users allowed.
>
>And this is the 4th line back from the current server response. . .
>so I am unable to parse out the server assigned port number.
>Given my total lack of experience in sockets
>this beyond my power to debug. Why doesn't MC return the last
>server response?
>
>Any insights?
>
>Hinduism Today
>Sivakatirswami
>
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>"And the man called out, hanging by a small branch from the
>edge of a cliff over a deep canyon. "Oh God, Save Me."
>A loud voice from heaven replied.
>"Relax, let go, I will protect you." The man
>replied: "Anyone else up there?"
>
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