Copy Web Site FTP Problem

[Mark Olbert]

Sigh. Every other ftp client I've used lets me enter the path to the site, the user id and password, and connects.. but not the one
in VS2005. Why does MS have to do everything differently?

Here's the problem: when I try to connect (through Copy Web Site) via FTP, I get the error message "The ~/ directory does not
exist". Yet if I try to connect to a subdirectory on the site, the connection works fine. Why isn't the VS2005 FTP client smart
enough to figure out how to connect to the root directory? How do I get it to do so?

- Mark

 

[Guest]

Mark,
Correct me please if I am wrong, but I was not aware that "~/" is a
legitimate FTP folder directive. In ASP.NET it is translated to mean "root of
the site", but I don't recall ever seeing it used in an FTP command.
Peter

 

[Mark Olbert]

Peter,

I should've been clearer. I left the directory textbox blank in the logon dialog. The "~/" is the error message that VS2005
generates, not anything that I entered.

I stumbled onto a workaround, namely, to connect in passive mode. Why that should work I don't know, and why I have to do it I don't
know, but at least it works.

- Mark

 

[Guest]

Interesting! You should check the ladybug (Product feedback site) and see if
anybody else has reported this, and post a workaround if appropriate.
Peter