Fetch Softworks

Symbolic links (4 posts)

• Started 21 years ago by fabul
• Latest reply 21 years ago from Jim Matthews

• fabul Member

  Hello,

  Does Fetch support symbolic links? My webhost has moved my site to new servers, using symbolic links and I'm unable to upload files. I'm using 4.0.2.

  Thanks
  Fabien

  Posted 21 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Fetch can follow symbolic links, but they can introduce difficulties because there's no way for Fetch to know whether a symbolic link points to a file or a directory. Could you post the contents of the Fetch Transcript window after you see the problem?

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 21 years ago #

• fabul Member

  230 User logged in.
  SYST
  215 UNIX Type: L8
  PWD
  257 "/home/fabul" is current directory.
  MACB ENABLE
  500 MACB not understood.
  PWD
  257 "/home/fabul" is current directory.
  CWD mainwebsite_html
  550 mainwebsite_html: No such file or directory
  SIZE mainwebsite_html
  550 mainwebsite_html: No such file or directory
  MDTM mainwebsite_html
  550 mainwebsite_html: No such file or directory
  PORT 213,19,18,94,190,244
  200 PORT command successful.
  RETR mainwebsite_html
  550 mainwebsite_html: No such file or directory

  Mainwebsite_html is supposed to be an alias leading to another path. I have found another way to get there now, but I'm still curious as to why it doesn't work.

  Thanks

  Fabien

  Posted 21 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  So mainwebsite_html is listed in the Fetch file list? It's very strange that the server would list it, and then refuse to follow the link when Fetch asks to change directory to it.

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 21 years ago #