server 2 server ftp transfer

Question

Hi ,

we have an applet in which we use free edtftpj library for ftp transfer of files .

one requirement is to transfer files from a given ftp server to a second different ftp server (server 2 server ftp transfer).

at first i tried a workaround by storing bytes from source ftp file into memory ,then passing these bytes to second ftp client object to grab. in that way the transfer worked fine.

however we have a limitation of this method: Java restrict the memory available to applets .if we try to transfer a file bigger than 32MB, then applet fails and we can't transfer from server to server.

is there another solution for this server 2 server transfer that we can do with edtftpj (if the pro edition can handle this, we can buy it ).

thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, edtFTPj/PRO has just had FXP implemented. Please email support at enterprisedt dot com to request the latest jar file which you can try out.

Answer 2

thanks ,we will consider buying the pro edition.

however there is an important question :
for FXP to work, does our ftp server need to support fxp ? and if yes what we need to install on the ftp server?
Thanks,

Answer 3

Yes, your server would need to support FXP. I don't imagine any servers would offer it as an extra option that you would need to pay for since it's actually not another protocol, but rather a slightly different way of using the existing FTP commands (see here). So my expectation, is that either your server supports it or it doesn't support it. Most servers have it disabled by default, so you would need to look in its documentation for instructions on how to enable it.

Which servers are you using?

- Hans (EnterpriseDT)