FileSystemWatcher path with FTP (credentials)

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thanks I have got your points

My scenario is

I have to download a file automatically from FTP as file comes there ....

that's why i tried to work with File Watcher with Timer tick event but its locally working fine but not with FTP

so how can i manage all this task
thanks

Posted 13-Jul-11 2:48am

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Updated 14-Jul-11 2:00am

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DaveAuld · Answer 1 · 2011-07-13T05:33:00

Solution 1

You asked this question yesterday and JSOP gave you the answer;

FileSystemWatcher with FTP using C#[^]

If you have a problem with the answer leave a comment at it.

Posted 13-Jul-11 5:33am

DaveAuld

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Jul-11 17:09pm

That's correct, but there is a solution based on server-side programming. On the page you commented there is my comment. See also my solution.
--SA

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2011-07-13T07:43:00

Solution 2

You cannot use the FileSystemWatcher class with an FTP folder. It's not going to work, period. There's no way around it.

Posted 13-Jul-11 7:43am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Jul-11 17:08pm

Well, I agree, my 5, but only if you consider client-part programming only. If understand you perfectly if you don't want to consider development for server part; it may be not accessible to OP it all, and so forth.

If there is a possibility to program for server part, the problem is solvable.
Please see my solution.
--SA

Dave Kreskowiak 13-Jul-11 18:31pm

That made no sense. But, my point was there is no way to get the FileSystemWatcher to work over FTP. You'd have to "roll-your-own" component to get the equivilent functionality.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 3 · 2011-07-13T11:06:00

You cannot use FileSystemWatcher class with FTP folder. To achieve what you want, you need pretty more solution to be implemented on the server part.

Do you have access to the server and ready to develop for server part? If you can do it, you could implement custom notification service based on TCP and FileSystemWatcher working "by subscription". The clients could connect to this service and subscribe for notification of the certain directory withing part of the file system served up. This service could also implement FTP protocol, just to put it all together. Alternatively, it all could be done based on you custom (application-level) protocol, without any FTP (which is effective enough but pretty archaic anyway).

—SA