Fetch Softworks

Limit on File listing (6 posts)

• Started 17 years ago by curtisdw
• Latest reply 17 years ago from Scott McGuire

• curtisdw Member

  I noticed that Fetch will on list 1,998 or 2,000 files at a time from any given directory. Is this a server issue or something in Fetch I can change?

  Any thoughts or insight is most appreciated,

  Curtis

  Posted 17 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Curtis,

  Fetch does not limit the number of files it shows in file lists; it should list all the files in the directory, regardless of how many there are. So it may be a server issue.

  Could you post the beginning and end of your transcript when you go to a directory with more than 2000 files, and you only see 2000? Show us up until the first file is listed, and everything from the last file listed on. You can skip the part listing the 1998 files in the middle!

  That will help us determine if it's a Fetch problem or a server issue.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 17 years ago #

• curtisdw Member

  Here is the first couple and last few lines from my fetch transcript
  <-------- FIRST FEW LINES-------->
  257 "/public_html/Catalog" is your current location
  PORT 10,10,10,102,30,198
  200 PORT command successful
  LIST -al
  150 Connecting to port 7878
  drwxrwxrwx 2 32283 fishers 233472 Apr 23 01:38 .
  drwxr-x--- 13 32283 99 4096 Mar 29 15:06 ..
  -rw-r--r-- 1 32283 fishers 57104 Apr 22 09:38 Auction_20.htm

  <-----------LAST FEW LINES ---------------->
  -rw-r--r-- 1 32283 fishers 173 Apr 22 10:52 Image_0020_1192_0001_Full.htm
  -rw-r--r-- 1 32283 fishers 75443 Apr 22 10:52 Image_0020_1192_0001_Full.jpg
  226-Options: -a -l
  226 Output truncated to 2000 matches
  PWD
  257 "/APRIL 30TH WEB CAT/APRIL 30TH WEB CAT" is your current location
  ------

  Thanks for looking at this for me.

  Curtis

  Posted 17 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  Thanks for the additional information. According to the transcript, the server decided to stop listing files after 2000 files.

  Assuming you're using Fetch 5, try the following:

  * In Fetch Preferences, click on the Miscellaneous tab.
  * Uncheck "Use 'LIST -al to reveal hidden files"

  Then connect, go to that directory again, and click the Refresh button. Let us know if all the files show up after you do that.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 17 years ago #

• curtisdw Member

  I unchecked the box, and I get the same results. Only 1,998 files are showing (the . & .. ) = 2000.

  I put in a support ticket to my hosting server to see what the deal is.

  Would checking the "Ignore File Cache" under preferences do anything different?

  Posted 17 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Curtis,

  Sorry to hear that didn't help. You should re-check the "Use LIST -al to reveal hidden files" checkbox, if you haven't already.

  No, "Ignore file cache" won't affect this - the problem isn't an out of date listing in the cache, the problem is the server is never sending you a list of more than 2000 files.

  It's a server issue, so the only thing to do is to contact your hosting provider, as you've done. Sorry.

  Please let us know if you have any further questions,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 17 years ago #