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maclaeden · 10-12-2002, 02:03 PM

I notice that whenever I get incomplete files fxping, and whenever other people in this forum report the problem and post their logs, Flashfxp ALWAYS does the RETR command before the STOR. This seems like a bad method, and could very well be the problem, because the sending ftp server *could* start sending before the receiver is ready, and the beginning data could be lost that way. This would also explain the connections to "error:error" for sending small files or resuming small amounts of data: the sender sends a few kilobytes and closes the connection before the receiver is ready.

I can't test to find out if the command order IS causing incomplete files, but it seems like always doing the STOR before the RETR would be a good idea anyway, since there's no potential for this problem that way.

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Actually I did test this out twice last week on different servers. Both times I saw a file was incomplete, I fxped it manually, reversing the order of Flashfxp's commands from RETR->STOR to STOR->RETR, and both times I got a complete file.

10-12-2002, 02:03 PM
maclaeden Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 6	Potential Problem Causing Incomplete FXPs I notice that whenever I get incomplete files fxping, and whenever other people in this forum report the problem and post their logs, Flashfxp ALWAYS does the RETR command before the STOR. This seems like a bad method, and could very well be the problem, because the sending ftp server could start sending before the receiver is ready, and the beginning data could be lost that way. This would also explain the connections to "error:error" for sending small files or resuming small amounts of data: the sender sends a few kilobytes and closes the connection before the receiver is ready. I can't test to find out if the command order IS causing incomplete files, but it seems like always doing the STOR before the RETR would be a good idea anyway, since there's no potential for this problem that way. BEGIN EDITED Actually I did test this out twice last week on different servers. Both times I saw a file was incomplete, I fxped it manually, reversing the order of Flashfxp's commands from RETR->STOR to STOR->RETR, and both times I got a complete file.