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Good morning, new member with minimal IT skills (main job is as a dairy veterinarian). Have been working with ScriptFTP to retrieve data files from a memory card located within a PLC monitoring data collected from a methane digester (I know, lots of manure!). Basically the data is stored on this memory card and it is connected to an XP based computer. I am currently able to use standard ftp shell commands to go to the "server" card, pull the data and delete the files when finished. I am trying to do this with ScriptFTP but am having problems.

Data on PLC memory card ("server") is stored in the /StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data directory and consists of files with a .GDB extension. Files have names like [Temp Collection10.GDB] or [Flare Temp10.GDB] with the barckets ([]).

Using ScriptFTP I am able to connect to the server and migrate to the data directory but when I use GETLIST($list,REMOTE_FILES), it returns "OK" but it also then returns 0 files. What am I doing wrong??

A partial list of the script file DailyFTP.ftp
Code: Select all# Go to /StorageCard/ and checks to see if it completes $result=CHDIR("/StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data") IF($result!="OK")     PRINT($datetime." Unable to change to remote directory")     STOP END IF PRINT($datetime." Remote directory is ".CWDIR()) # Get list of remote directories and files and checks to see if it completes $result=GETLIST($list,REMOTE_FILES,"*.*") IF($result!="OK")     PRINT($datetime." Unable to get list of remote files")     STOP END IF PRINT($datetime." List of remote files is created") # Print names of each file in $list     FOREACH $item IN $list         PRINT($datetime." ".$item)     END FOREACH  


Here is the part of the file DailtFTPError.LOG that is created

CHDIR("/StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data")
Changing current remote directory to /StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data
CWD /StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data
250 CWD Requested file action okay, completed.
PWD
257 "/StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data" is current directory.

CWDIR()
2010_07_08-12_35_23 Remote directory is /StorageCard/DATA/gmf_data

GETLIST(REMOTE_FILES,"*.*")
Getting file listing of current remote directory
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,1,6,27)
Opening data connection to 192.168.1.1 Port: 1563
LIST
150 Connection accepted.
226 Transfer complete.
323 bytes transferred. (19.7 KB/s) (16 ms)
Found 0 files.
2010_07_08-12_35_23 List of remote files is created
2010_07_08-12_35_23 Transfer complete

Thanks for all the help! I have attached both the script file and the log file for review.
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This is the LOG file. I had to add a .ftp extension to include it.
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Hello,

When you say "I am currently able to use standard ftp shell commands", could you please give an example, also what is the FTP "server" software ? That is, have you installed something like Filezilla ?

Many thanks.

Zythan
Hi Zythan,

Thanks for the quick reply. What I mean by ftp shell commands is that using command.exe in XP, I can ftp to the server, login and retrieve files or whatever I need to do with those commands. I am a novice so I don't know what "server" I am using. Is there a way for me to check that with commands?

Thanks