Dennie Hoopingarner wrote: > > OK, I admit it, I'm a complete newby when it comes to socket > programming. I am baffled by the mixed results that I get when using > the new libURL, especially for FTP. > > I can follow the "put url 'binfle:/....' into url 'ftp://..."; part. > When I implement it, I get partially successful results. Sometimes it > works, and sometimes it doesn't. That's what is so frustrating. If it > didn't ever work, then I could stop obsessing about it and look for > another solution. Here's what I'm trying to do. > > I have a text file on the desktop, in a folder called "webRecord." I > want to upload it to my FTP site, using this script: > > put empty into field 1 > put url "binfile:/G4 Titanium/Desktop Folder/webRecord/test.txt" > into url "ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/test.txt"; > put the result into field 1 > > I click the button, and after a few seconds get the "upload complete" > message. But that's where the inconsistent results emerge. > > Sometimes the file is uploaded correctly. Sometimes I get a zero byte > file. Most of the time, though, I get nothing at all. No file is > found on the server. It seems to happen if I try more than once. If I > quit Metacard and then try again, I have better luck. Still not > consistent, though. > > I assume that I am doing something wrong. Can one of you more > knowledgeable souls help me out here, so that I can sleep at night?
You're not doing anything wrong, the upload takes place properly it's just the result that's misplaced. It will be fixed for the next release. > Thanks a lot! > > Dennie > > -- > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm > Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
