I forgot to mention that you can add debug tracing (as per the example code):
ftp.addProtocolCommandListener(new PrintCommandListener(new
PrintWriter(System.out), true));
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sebb [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 07:40 AM
> To: Commons Users List
> Subject: Re: [NET] Help with change directory
>
> On 25 July 2011 21:41, Diane Baumgartner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm new to Apache Commons (3.0.1), and am writing a Java program to FTP a
>> file on my local server to an FTP server on the same network.
>
> First, please prefix the subject line with the Commons component; in this
> case [NET] as I have done in this reply.
>
>> First, I'd like to make sure that changeWorkingDirectory() changes the
>> directory on the remote machine. It's not clear from the documentation.
>
> The command corresponds with the standard FTP command CWD, which attempts to
> change the remote directory.
>
>> The first thing hat happens is that the "Change Directory didn't work"
>> prints out. but I don't know what went wrong.
>> So, I'm trying to use getReply() for more information, but my program hangs
>> on that line. I know this becuase the line before it prints, but not the
>> line after it.
>>
>> Here's a code snippet:
>>
>> FTPClient ftp = new FTPClient();
>> ftp.connect (server);
>>
>> // status checking here - print statements indicate that connect was
>> successful
>>
>> boolean OK = ftp.changeWorkingDirectory ("/tmp/dir_name"); if {OK} {
>> System.out.println ("Change directory worked"); } else {
>> System.out.println ("Change directory didn't work");
>> system.out.println ("The FTP Reply Code is");
>>
>> reply = ftp.getReply(); // reply was defined as int before doing the
>> connect previous to this
>> System.out.println (Reply);
>> }
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> getReply() is intended for low-level programming; it fetches the response
> from the server, so no wonder the code hangs.
>
> You need to use getReplyCode() and/or getReplyString().
>
> Have a look at the FTPClientExample code.
>
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