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juanvan
juanvan

Reputation: 681

WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory result is limited to 2000 entries only

Sending the ListDirectory to an FTP server but returns the first 2000 items from the FTP only. Adding SSL did not return more results.

Is there another library I should be using to get the full results?

ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = new RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(OnValidateCertificate);
ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;

FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://XXXX");
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("User", "Password");
request.EnableSsl = true;

ServicePoint sp = request.ServicePoint;
Console.WriteLine("ServicePoint connections = {0}.", sp.ConnectionLimit);
sp.ConnectionLimit = 1;

using (var response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
    using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
    {
        using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream, true))
        {
            string line = reader.ReadLine();
            while (line != null)
            {
                ListFiles.Add(line);
                line = reader.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 868

Answers (2)

Martin Prikryl
Martin Prikryl

Reputation: 202272

This is hardly a client side problem. It's probably the FTP server that limits the listing.
Did you try with a standalone (GUI) client?

As you commented that you have SSH access to the server, try using SFTP protocol instead of FTP(S). Chances are the SFTP server won't have the limitation.

Upvotes: 0

EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine
EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine

Reputation: 12181

This is apparently a configuration issue on the server. See the following articles:
http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/general-server-setup/incrrease-file-display-limit
Viewing more than 10,000 files on a FTP file server?

Basically, these articles recommend either changing the server configuration to allow you to view more files or sorting the files into more narrow directories so you can be more selective about which ones you want to view at any given time.

Upvotes: 0

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