InetFTPGetDir does not return a valid value

[vahid]

Im attempting to write a function that will remember the current FTP directory and then set it back after its done some work.

So I delcare my variable char userDir[MAX_PATHNAME_LEN] = {0}; and then call InetFTPGetDir(ftpHandle, userDir, MAX_PATHNAME_LEN); The function returns 0 and fills userDir with "urrent directory is" regardless of what the directory really is. I have a feeling the problem is caused by the unusual FTP server that I'm using (VxWorks). I had a problem with the directory listing command and that was fixed for me in 8.0.1. I tried my program on ftp.ni.com and it worked fine. Is there any way I can get this to work with my FTP server? Thanks.

Vahid

vahid.ellig@hunttechnologies.com

[MJF]

VxWorks uses a very non-standard FTP server, this caused me all sorts of problems at my last job when I had to access the server on our products. I basically had to manually keep track of exactly where I was in the file structure.

It was a pain but it is probably what you are going to have to do also. I am not familiar with the NI InetFTP* functions but I suspect they are geared towards a "standard" Unix-style FTP server with a certain output format. If it doesn't get the format it expects, it just grabs whatever is in the place it is trying to find the directory name.