ftp crumbles when ftp access denied or server reaches limit

[davemc50]

xplorer2 1.1.0.3 gets really upset when the ftp server wont let the user login, or reaches connection limit, or goes away.

We often use the syntax   ftp://user:pass@ftp.server.co.nz/dir/subdir   which it sometimes doesn't handle at all well. especially if windows explorer has cached an incorrect password.

x2 sometimes even opens a windows explorer window when it gets upset about an ftp connection, meaning it's using the shell to do the ftp work, rather than having an ftp component internally.

the ftp generally misbehaves in other ways to.  i think a bit of testing is needed using explorer2 , and then pull the network cable out, and make sure it recovers gracefully. And use the ftp server admin to forcibly close the connection while x2 is connected to it and again make sure xplorer2 can handle it.

generally it is slow at ftp, especially if unexpected things occur. basic transfers are ok, but exception handling is not.

we use x2 all day every day, and find it generally excellent, but for ftp we can only use it for the simplest of tasks.

davemc

[fgagnon]

To paraphrase nikos "this is by design"

i.e. x2 does not have an ftp engine at all (as you have discovered), but uses whatever it can get "for free" from the shell.  

Maybe sometime in the distant future nikos could provide that as an add-in.

[nikos]

guilty as charged!