I am writing the code using vb.net for file transfer from remote machine to local machine with out using any third party tools
This my code
Dim reqFTP As FtpWebRequest
Dim filepath As String
Dim filename As String
Dim filename1 As String
Dim ftpserverip As String
Dim ftpuserid As String
Dim ftpPassword As String
Try
filename1 = TxtRemoteFile.Text
filepath = TxtLocalFile.Text
filename = Locfname.Text
ftpserverip = TxtServerIP.Text
ftpuserid = TxtUserName.Text
ftpPassword = TxtPwd.Text
Dim outputStream As FileStream = New FileStream((filepath + ("\\" + filename)), FileMode.Create)
reqFTP = CType(FtpWebRequest.Create(New Uri(("ftp://" _
+ (ftpserverip + ("/" + filename1))))), FtpWebRequest)
reqFTP.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile
reqFTP.UseBinary = True
reqFTP.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(ftpuserid, ftpPassword)
Dim response As FtpWebResponse = CType(reqFTP.GetResponse, FtpWebResponse)
outputStream.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
but am getting error like" remote server returned error :(550) fi
Best Answer
I had the same issue. I was not including httpdocs in the remote path. Example: ftp://ftp.websitename.com/httpdocs/filenametocopy.txt
Permission was denied because i was trying to write the file outside the root directory.