Re: MGET command deletes files

The is the scenario when files are deleted incorrectly:

The have 2 folders - one on a source server, one on a destination server.
There is a file in both folders with the same name.

\\source\folder1\file.txt
\\destination\folder2\file.txt

I am running the "mget" command to copy all files from folder1 to folder2.
However, the permissions on the copy of file.txt in folder 2 are very
restrictive, (for example, only one user account has permissions on the file,
and they only have read access). The permissions on the file in folder1 are
everyone - full control.
When the "mget" command is run from a command line, you are prompted whether
to transfer file.txt. Typing "y" to confirm that you would like to transfer
the file returns an error of

Error opening local file File.
> File.txt:Permission denied

Which is what you would expect. However, file.txt in folder2 then gets
deleted.
The FTP IIS log indicated that the file has transferred successfully.

10:43:38 127.0.0.1 [13]sent /folder1/file.txt 226

Jo

"Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:

> Not sure if I get you correctly. the file that can't be overwrite but get
> deleted when you try to get it ?
> not able download ? but delete ? doens't make sense, right ?
>
> what's the iis ftp status code in the log file.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bernard Cheah
> http://www.microsoft.com/iis/
> http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/
> http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
>
>
> "Jo Winchester" <JoWinchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2F6225DA-F175-4CDE-9E52-D5BBFDA03695@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am using the MGET command, and have been testing to see what happens if
> >you
> > try to transfer a file that has the same name as a file in the destination
> > folder, but the file in the destination folder has permissions set so that
> > it
> > can't be overwritten.
> > Running from a command prompt, if I run mget *.* I am prompted y/n to
> > transfer the file, then get a "permission denied" message (which is what
> > I'd
> > expect) but the file that cannot be overwritten is then deleted. I am
> > going
> > to be automating the FTP xfer, and am concerned that files may be deleted
> > unexpectedly
>
>
>
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