Windows 2000 Server problem with FTP.EXE

[Hans Wolf]

Windows 2000 Server problem with FTP.EXE

Is it so that in Win 2000 SERVER the standard FTP.EXE program cannot
upload files with long file names when running in DOS shell?

The people I work with claim that this FTP.EXE program is 16 bit and
thus can only deal with files named in 8.3 format.

Is it really so?

I worked with Windows NT Server 4 and think never had problems with
long file names.

H.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Windows 2000 Server problem with FTP.EXE

Is it so that in Win 2000 SERVER the standard FTP.EXE program cannot
upload files with long file names when running in DOS shell?

The people I work with claim that this FTP.EXE program is 16 bit and
thus can only deal with files named in 8.3 format.

Is it really so?

I worked with Windows NT Server 4 and think never had problems with
long file names.

H.

Challenge the people who claim this to prove their claim!
It would be a good way to demonstrate that they are
spreading a myth. If they had a quick look at a binary listing
of ftp.exe then they would see the telltale text "This program
cannot be run in DOS". Maybe they used some legacy
version of ftp.exe instead of the real thing.

 

[Hans Wolf]

Challenge the people who claim this to prove their claim!
It would be a good way to demonstrate that they are
spreading a myth. If they had a quick look at a binary listing
of ftp.exe then they would see the telltale text "This program
cannot be run in DOS". Maybe they used some legacy
version of ftp.exe instead of the real thing.

Thanks. This is a technical support team with whom I deal remotely.
Today thay said they *could* use the ftp.exe with a long file name.

Yet, the problem persists

It is my application in Visual Basic that uses EZFTP.OCX to do the ftp
file upload. It works fine in about one hundred installations but with
this one - set on a Windows 2000 Server - it does not. It connects,
logs on, and shows error when putting a file

I am desperate ...

H.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks. This is a technical support team with whom I deal remotely.
Today thay said they *could* use the ftp.exe with a long file name.

Yet, the problem persists

It is my application in Visual Basic that uses EZFTP.OCX to do the ftp
file upload. It works fine in about one hundred installations but with
this one - set on a Windows 2000 Server - it does not. It connects,
logs on, and shows error when putting a file

I am desperate ...

H.

You should apply the old Roman wisdom: Divide et impera. In
other words, run ftp.exe by itself, first with a short file name, then
with a long file name. If unsuccessful, post your commands. If
successful, move on to your VB application and do the same
thing. If it fails now then there is something wrong with your
VB application.

 

[Hans Wolf]

You should apply the old Roman wisdom: Divide et impera. In
other words, run ftp.exe by itself, first with a short file name, then
with a long file name. If unsuccessful, post your commands. If
successful, move on to your VB application and do the same
thing. If it fails now then there is something wrong with your
VB application.

Thank you again. This VB application runs in a hundred of places from
Hawaii to Maine ... But fails on this one. Where they have wiz-kids
for the support.

H.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thank you again. This VB application runs in a hundred of places from
Hawaii to Maine ... But fails on this one. Where they have wiz-kids
for the support.

H.

Even if it runs successfully in a thousand places, you still have
to work out why it fails on this one. Break it down into small
manageable pieces and you will find out why. You reported
that your wiz-kids were wrong before - maybe they are wrong
again.