WAD COPY from FTP site fails in 14.03.51

[Steve Fabian]

WinXP SP3 home TCC in stand-alone window
I tried to download the latest files from Vince's FTP site using these commands into an empty directory tree:

iftp ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins
copy/[!descript.ion]/efgrhv/netj/j /s /[d-21] ftp:

Using the newest build, 14.03.51, none of the files was properly copied, no error was reported:

 Directory of  F:\DOWNLOAD\JPDL\PLUGINS\FATICA\LUCKY\ZZZZ\*

2012-11-26  22:35         <DIR>    X64
2012-11-25  15:40              95  4console.zip
2012-11-26  15:43           2,048  4threads.zip
2012-11-26  15:30           2,048  4utils.zip
2012-11-06  05:41           2,048  sysutils.zip

 Directory of  F:\DOWNLOAD\JPDL\PLUGINS\FATICA\LUCKY\ZZZZ\X64\*

2012-11-26  15:31             107  4console64.zip
2012-11-26  15:30           2,048  4utils64.zip
2012-11-26  15:31           2,048  sysutils64.zip

I executed the same commands in 13.04.63, the result was:

 Directory of  F:\DOWNLOAD\JPDL\PLUGINS\FATICA\LUCKY\ZZZZ\*

2012-11-26  22:36         <DIR>    X64
2012-11-25  15:40          38,933  4console.zip
2012-11-26  15:43          86,596  4threads.zip
2012-11-26  15:30          61,867  4utils.zip
2012-11-06  05:41          56,097  sysutils.zip

 Directory of  F:\DOWNLOAD\JPDL\PLUGINS\FATICA\LUCKY\ZZZZ\X64\*

2012-11-26  15:31          45,397  4console64.zip
2012-11-26  15:30          70,348  4utils64.zip
2012-11-26  15:31          61,741  sysutils64.zip

 

[rconn]

Not reproducible here, with either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions. (Even with your highly dubious syntax!)

Anybody else able to reproduce this?

 

[vefatica]

Not reproducible here, with either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions. (Even with your highly dubious syntax!)

Anybody else able to reproduce this?

I copied/pasted Steve's commands right from the forum to a command line (lousy syntax and all). I'm not sure what I was supposed to get but I did get a bunch:

v:\zips> copy/[!descript.ion]/efgrhv/netj/j /s /[d-21] ftp:
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/4console.zip => V:\zips\4console.zip
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/4threads.zip => V:\zips\4threads.zip
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/4utils.zip => V:\zips\4utils.zip
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/sysutils.zip => V:\zips\sysutils.zip
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/X64/4console64.zip => V:\zips\X64\4console64.zip
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/X64/4utils64.zip => V:\zips\X64\4utils64.zip
ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins/X64/sysutils64.zip => V:\zips\X64\sysutils64.zip

     7 files copied

v:\zips> d
2012-11-26  23:28         <DIR>    Save
2012-11-26  23:28         <DIR>    shralias_ascii_save_files
2012-11-26  23:28         <DIR>    X64
2012-11-25  15:40          38,933  4console.zip
2012-11-26  15:43          86,596  4threads.zip
2012-11-26  15:30          61,867  4utils.zip
2012-11-06  05:41          56,097  sysutils.zip

 

[rconn]

That's the same results I got; no sign of any file truncation.

I've tried in XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit, and the ftp copies worked as expected in all cases.

 

[Rodolfo]

...
Using the newest build, 14.03.51, none of the files was properly copied, no error was reported:
...

Maybe they are text or html files that describe some errors. Did You try to read them with list?

Regards

Rodolfo Giovanninetti

 

[Steve Fabian]

The files are ZIP files to distribute Vince's plugins. I just tried again and had the same result: no file exceeding 2,048 bytes.

 

[vefatica]

The files are ZIP files to distribute Vince's plugins. I just tried again and had the same result: no file exceeding 2,048 bytes.

If this is you, this is what I see:

[03] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:08 - (000128) IP-Name: m9e2336d0.tmodns.net (208.54.35.158)
[02] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:08 - (000128) ANONYMOUS logged in, password: JPUser@
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:25 - (000128) Sending file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\4console.zip"
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:25 - (000128) Sent file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\4console.zip" successfully (38.02 KB/sec - 38,933 Bytes)
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:26 - (000128) Sending file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\4threads.zip"
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:26 - (000128) Sent file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\4threads.zip" successfully (84.57 KB/sec - 86,596 Bytes)
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:26 - (000128) Sending file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\4utils.zip"
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:26 - (000128) Sent file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\4utils.zip" successfully (60.42 KB/sec - 61,867 Bytes)
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:33 - (000128) Sending file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\X64\4console64.zip"
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:33 - (000128) Sent file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\X64\4console64.zip" successfully (44.33 KB/sec - 45,397 Bytes)
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:33 - (000128) Sending file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\X64\4utils64.zip"
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:33 - (000128) Sent file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\X64\4utils64.zip" successfully (68.70 KB/sec - 70,348 Bytes)
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:34 - (000128) Sending file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\X64\sysutils64.zip"
[10] Wed 28Nov12 01:27:34 - (000128) Sent file "E:\anonymous\4plugins\X64\sysutils64.zip" successfully (60.29 KB/sec - 61,741 Bytes)

 

[Rodolfo]

The files are ZIP files to distribute Vince's plugins. I just tried again and had the same result: no file exceeding 2,048 bytes.

Yes, I know that they SHOULD be zip files.
I downloaded them without any issue, copying and pasting Your lines.
What I mean is that it has already happened to me, more than once, in my case using a download manager, that it downloads a text file, believing that it is the original file that I wanted, and so it keeps the original name, but inside it is really a text file that describes an error.
So, if You check these files with list do You see that they are the first part of a zip file, beginning with PK, or they are something else?
This might be a hint about what is happening.

Regards

Rodolfo Giovanninetti

 

[rconn]

I seriously doubt this is a generic TCC issue, as you're the only user reporting a problem with FTP transfers. (Which is very widely used by the remaining couple hundred thousand TCC users, including a few dozen times a day by me.)

Try it first without any of your (malformed!) options; i.e., just :

*iftp ftp://lucky.syr.edu/4plugins
*copy ftp:* .

If that works, try adding your options back in one at a time. (Do you have any aliases for COPY?)

If that doesn't work, try restarting Windows.

 

[rconn]

If it still fails with no options and no aliases (and after restarting Windows), try starting IFTP with the /V option, and send me the resulting output from a simple COPY.