none standard FTP server

[sorex]

Hello,

I have an FTP server here I want to connect to but besides connecting to it it doesn't list anything, it also prompted about configuring some specific for it.

I don't know what to configure but I can give you a dump of the login



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Connect to: (23/05/2012 10:51:55)
hostname=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
username=xxx
startdir=
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
220 Interchange Services Batch FTP server IDA4673 built Jun 10 2003 ready.
USER xxx
331 Password required for xxx
PASS ***********
230 User logged in, proceed.
SYST
215 ICS.
FEAT
502 Bad command or it is not implemented here.
HELP SITE
214-Syntax: SITE site-specific-command (execute one of the following site-specific commands)
PARM SENDTERM RECVTERM STANDARD RCVLSTFMT (RCVLISTFMT, or RECEIVELISTFORMAT)
214 Use HELP SITE site-specific-command for more information.
CLNT Total Commander (UTF-8)
502 Bad command or it is not implemented here.
OPTS UTF8 ON
502 Bad command or it is not implemented here.
Connect ok!
PWD
257 "root" is current directory.
Get directory
TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
PORT 10,0,1,13,252,240
200 PORT command successful.
LIST
150 Data connection open for transfer of file xxx.
Download
Waiting for server...
226 Closing data connection. Requested file action successful.
CWD reports
250 "reports" is current directory.
PWD
257 "reports" is current directory.
Get directory
PORT 10,0,1,13,252,242
200 PORT command successful.
LIST
150 Data connection open for transfer of file xxx.
Download
Waiting for server...
226 Closing data connection. Requested file action successful.

[ghisler(Author)]

Please go to the TEMP directory during the connection, then post the contents of the newest file starting with FTP and ending with .TMP here. This is the raw directory listing sent by the server. It seems to be in a format which Total Commander doesn't understand. I will then try to create a template for you which can be used to read that format.

[sorex]

Hello,

this is what's in the file...


Type Name
dir send
dir receive
dir reports


some more that was in the folders...

(from the receiver folder)
Sender ILOG IC Control# Sent (GMT) Mfile



(from the send folder)
Type ILOG Name


(from the reports folder)
RPT Sender Status Report SSTA
RPT Sender Summary SSUM
RPT Sender Retrieved SRET
RPT Sender Unretrieved URET
RPT Sender Error SERR
RPT Receiver Status RSTA
RPT Receiver Summary RSUM
RPT Third Party Reject TPRR
RPT Trading Pair Trxn Detail TPTD


seems to be really specific stuff

[ghisler(Author)]

That really looks strange. Which of these is the file name? The entire line? Or just the last word?

[sorex]

yes, the last substring is the actual name which I could see when using the dos ftp client.

it seems like


[type][description][filename]
RPT Sender status report SSTA
(report)

for that one listing atleast, could it be that this is AS400 folder listing?

[ghisler(Author)]

OK, you need 3 definition strings to handle this, because the name is sometimes the 4th word, sometimes the 5th, and sometimes the sixth.

1. Create new connection
2. Conenct to the server
3. When TC asks you for the definition strings:

Definition string:
! ! ! ! ! n*
Additional definition strings:
! ! ! ! n*
! ! ! n*

The "!" means: Skip all characters up to the next space.

[sorex]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay but the ftp only from a customer's network.

Now it lists the 3 folder but I can't enter them (I guess it's listed as files)

[sorex]

Don't break your head on it it's not that important, for me it's a case closed.

[ghisler(Author)]

How can you distinguish files from folders on this system? What error do you see when you try to double click one of the folders?

[sorex]

nothing happends when I press enter on the folder.

but that's just the problem you can't see what is a file or folder.

I scripted my transfers via the windows ftp client so everything worked out, and I used the same windows ftp client to see/browse the folder I needed.