Fetch Softworks

Too many files? (7 posts)

• Started 20 years ago by KGammill
• Latest reply 20 years ago from KGammill

• KGammill Member

  I have a web magazine made up of many multi-page sites so I have an ever-growing number of folders and files stored. I have plenty of web space but I have been having more and more trouble connecting to various directories with Fetch. Sometimes I can open the main directory but not the sub directories. Sometimes a shortcut will help, sometimes it won't. The dog will run endlessly until I quit Fetch. If I re-launch and try again enough times it will usually eventually work. Having to try over and over to upload files is driving me crazy. Why does it have trouble sometimes and not others? I tried Cute FTP and had similer problems. Could it have something to do with the huge number of files I have stored?

  I'm using Fetch 4.03 on a Mac G3 with OS 9.2.

  Thanks.

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Could you post the contents of the Fetch Transcript window after you get one of these errors? My guess is that the number of files isn't the issue, but the transcript will hopefully make things clearer.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #

• KGammill Member

  Originally posted by JimMatthews:

  Could you post the contents of the Fetch Transcript window after you get one of these errors?

  Is this what you mean?

  Fetch 4.0.3 System 0x922 Serial FETCHFL001-HJ13-J226 TR
  Connecting to ftp.bizland.com port 21 (3/25/04 5:39:38 PM)
  220 BizLand FTP Server ready
  ADAT
  500 ADAT not understood
  USER gammillustrations
  331 Password required for gammillustrations.
  PASS
  230 User gammillustrations logged in.
  SYST
  215 UNIX Type: L8
  PWD
  257 "/" is current directory.
  MACB ENABLE
  500 MACB not understood
  PWD
  257 "/" is current directory.
  CWD sitebuildercontent
  250 CWD command successful.
  PWD
  257 "/sitebuildercontent" is current directory.
  PASV
  227 Entering Passive Mode (38,113,1,97,184,20)
  LIST
  150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
  drwxr-xr-x 2 gammillustrations www 4096 Jul 13 2003 sitebuilderfiles
  drwxr-xr-x 3 gammillustrations www 16384 Mar 22 23:58 sitebuilderpictures

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Was the dog running endlessly at that point? When that happens it's probably sufficient to press Stop or close the Fetch widnow; you shouldn't have to quit Fetch.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #

• KGammill Member

  Originally posted by JimMatthews:

  [B]Was the dog running endlessly at that point? When that happens it's probably sufficient to press Stop or close the Fetch widnow; you shouldn't have to quit Fetch.

  Yes, the dog runs endlessly. If I click stop the cursor becomes a watch but nothing else happens. If I close the window and retry it always acts the same. I sometimes quit and relaunch Fetch in hopes that the fresh start might help, but it doesn't seem to matter much.

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  If you're seeing this problem in Cute FTP as well it probably doesn't have anything to do with your FTP client. That leaves the server and your Internet connection as possible culprits. You might ask Bizland or your ISP if they have any suggestions. I'm sorry that there isn't more I can do to help.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #

• KGammill Member

  Thanks for the info. What puzzles me is why the problem comes and goes and occurs more often in some directories than others.

  Posted 20 years ago #