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How do I access a remote FTP site and get a directory listing, without it automatically sending me to my home directory on the FTP server? I can retrieve a file from a different directory (with Open URL...) if I know the exact path and specific file name. However, I'd like to be able to browse a directory that's not under my home directory. I can browse my home directory just fine, by the way. But that's not where my XML and HTML files are located.

Is this just a setting problem on my FTP server, or is there something I can do with oxygen? I don't have this problem using other editors or FTP clients, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my FTP server settings. Please let me know what I can do to solve this.

Thanks.

Hello,

The current version of <oXygen/> lists only the file tree structure available under the FTP home directory reported by the FTP server for the user that logs in. A future version will allow you to browse also files and directories available in other users accounts. As a workaround create a symbolic link in your home directory to the directory located outside your home directory. Browsing the symbolic link will list your XML and HTML files located outside the home directory.

Best regards,
Sorin

Tried to do symbolic link already. It seems to think the symbol directory is a file, but cannot read or open it when I doulbe-click on it.

Anyway, thanks for the reply. I look forward to the new edition with the new features.

Hello,

It works for me in <oXygen/>. If you login with one user to the FTP server, for example user1 and the directory that contains the needed files and that is the target of the symbolic link is located in the FTP account of other user, for example user2 you should make sure that user2 or the system administrator gives read/write permissions for that directory to user1. When the permissions are correct double-clicking on the symbolic link will browse the directory that is the target of the link.

Regards,
Sorin

sorin wrote:A future version will allow you to browse also files and directories available in other users accounts.

We extended the FTP client support so that you can browse the filesystem starting from the root directory reported by the FTP server, usually the root of the filesystem on the FTP server machine. This will be available in version 7.2.

Regards,
Sorin