FTP and File Paths

[Bob Sneidar]

With FTP, the home folder depends on the login. Each login can have a home (or root) folder. Make sure your path is not the full path for the file system the ftp server is on, but rather begins with the root of that particular user.

Bob


On Jan 11, 2014, at 08:00 , Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I’m having trouble getting the list of files in a subfolder, myData, of the WebServer folder on a remote Mac. I am able to get listings on any folder in my user account using
> 
> put url "ftp://username:password@ myRemoteMacDomain//Documents/anyFolder/“	
> 
> but the following turns up empty when I direct it to the myData folder
> 
> put url "ftp://username:password@myRemoteMacDomain//Library/WebServer/share/httpd/myData/“
> 
> I have read and write permission to all of the relevant folders in Library/WebServer/ and the path that I use above works fine in Mathematica and FTP programs such as Interarchy. Am I specifying the path incorrectly?
> 
> Any advice would be most appreciated.
> 
> Gregory
> 
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