How to specify encoding for file transfer from FTP?

[K Viltersten]

I noticed that when i read files from an FTP
using FtpWebRequest, the file names using
swedish characters seem not to be interpreted
correctly. I get a square, instead.

After having looked for an hour or so, i gave
up - where do i specify the encoding for the
communication with the FTP server?

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Regards
Konrad Viltersten
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K Viltersten wrote:

I noticed that when i read files from an FTP
using FtpWebRequest, the file names using
swedish characters seem not to be interpreted
correctly. I get a square, instead.

After having looked for an hour or so, i gave
up - where do i specify the encoding for the
communication with the FTP server?

If you get a file binary with Stream's then you do not
care about encoding.

If you get a file text with StreamReader and StreamWriter
then those two classes has constructors that takes an
Encoding as argument.

Arne

[K Viltersten]

>I noticed that when i read files from an FTP

>using FtpWebRequest, the file names using
swedish characters seem not to be interpreted
correctly. I get a square, instead.

After having looked for an hour or so, i gave
up - where do i specify the encoding for the
communication with the FTP server?

If you get a file binary with Stream's then you do not
care about encoding.

If you get a file text with StreamReader and StreamWriter
then those two classes has constructors that takes an
Encoding as argument.

Thanks. I still have two problems. I'd go with
the binary style, however, i'm reading the list
of all files using
WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
and i don't know the size of the result. What
size of the buffer need i to declare?

Also, when i tried to read the contents of the
stream, i got an exception.
System.Net.ProtocolViolationException
What to do?

My hypothesis is that i can't read binary using
ListDirectory method. Is that true?

--
Regards
Konrad Viltersten
----------------------------------------
May all spammers die an agonizing death;
have no burial places; their souls be
chased by demons in Gehenna from one room
to another for all eternity and beyond.

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

K Viltersten wrote:

>>I noticed that when i read files from an FTP
using FtpWebRequest, the file names using
swedish characters seem not to be interpreted
correctly. I get a square, instead.

After having looked for an hour or so, i gave
up - where do i specify the encoding for the
communication with the FTP server?

If you get a file binary with Stream's then you do not
care about encoding.

If you get a file text with StreamReader and StreamWriter
then those two classes has constructors that takes an
Encoding as argument.

Thanks. I still have two problems. I'd go with
the binary style, however, i'm reading the list
of all files using
WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
and i don't know the size of the result. What
size of the buffer need i to declare?

You don't.

You will need to read to end of file.

StreamReader and ReadToEnd is easy.

Also, when i tried to read the contents of the
stream, i got an exception.
System.Net.ProtocolViolationException
What to do?

My hypothesis is that i can't read binary using
ListDirectory method. Is that true?

I think so.

Arne

[K Viltersten]

>Thanks. I still have two problems. I'd go with

>the binary style, however, i'm reading the list
of all files using
WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
and i don't know the size of the result. What
size of the buffer need i to declare?

You don't.

You will need to read to end of file.

StreamReader and ReadToEnd is easy.

>Also, when i tried to read the contents of the
stream, i got an exception.
System.Net.ProtocolViolationException
What to do?

My hypothesis is that i can't read binary using
ListDirectory method. Is that true?

I think so.

Thanks!

--
Regards
Konrad Viltersten
----------------------------------------
May all spammers die an agonizing death;
have no burial places; their souls be
chased by demons in Gehenna from one room
to another for all eternity and beyond.