In need of a good FTP Component

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Gina_Marano

Hey All,

Ok, I give up on writing my own FTP component. Too many requirements
thrown at me after I started. (you all know how that happens ;) )

I am looking for and FTP component (http download would be a plu as
well).

Here are the requirements:

1) Ability get a directory/file listing with all the attributes parsed
already (file name, size, date)
2) the original timestamp must remain on the downloaded file

This needs to be efficient. I will be downloading 1000s of files a day.
I will use the filename, size, and date to detect if this is a
duplicate file or just a duplicate name.

If anyone knows of such a component please let me know :)

~Gina~
 
Hi Gina,

If you're using the 2.0 framework try the System.Net.FtpWebRequest class.
 
Gina_Marano said:
Hey All,

Ok, I give up on writing my own FTP component. Too many requirements
thrown at me after I started. (you all know how that happens ;) )

I am looking for and FTP component (http download would be a plu as
well).
Click to expand...

nSoftware has a group of IP related utilites called IP Works for $500
(www.nsoftware.com). Well worth the money.

PS
 
I've used edFtp (that's enterprise dt) with great success. It's freeware
(also a commercial version) and comes with source code. You can find it
easily on the web.
Peter
 
Thanks Adam and Kevin,

I was basing my work off of FTPClient and another library. I got
everything to work. After I receive the file I change the modified date
time to match that of the ftp site. I also found some code that lets
me parse the FTP directory listing, not pretty. :)

I will probably have to go to a pay-for component when the requirements
expand.

~Gina~
 
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