[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error
From: atruter:labyrinth:au at: 11-Nov-2003 21:10
Hi Carl,
I've just hit the same problem (1.2.10.3.1 on Windows2000), so it's not
just you ;)
>> read ftp://userid:[password--www--site--com--au]/public_html/aa/
connecting to: www.site.com.au
** Access Error: Port none not open
** Where: parse-dir-list
** Near: read ftp://userid:[password--www--site--com--au]/public_html/aa/
You can "avoid" the error by wrapping it in an attempt block
>> attempt [read ftp://userid:[password--www--site--com--au]/public_html/aa/]
connecting to: www.site.com.au
== none
which then lets you handle empty dirs as follows:
attempt [blk: read dest]
if not none? blk [
foreach file blk [
...
but I am finding the whole REBOL ftp thing a bit flaky (empty dirs or not)
with various port errors cropping up at weird places (almost like once a
port error occurs then all downstream operations are impacted). Need to
look at this a bit more before giving up on the whole excercise (trying to
do a simple FTP sync script in REBOL that actually works).
Regards,
Ashley
