Checking a file remotely

[CyJobes]

How do I set up ExamDiff Pro to compare a local directory to a remote directory?

Is there a connect section in the options that I am not seeing? I would guess you need username and password. ???

[psguru]

If you installed 3.5 or 4.0 Beta with plug-ins, you can use URLs to point to a file or directory, such as ftp://ftp.server.com/test.txt. If you need to specify user name/password, use the standard notation: ftp//user:password@ftp.server.com/test.txt. You can also use HTTP URLs.

[CyJobes]

I’ve tried using the example you gave and came up with some sort of windows error, and then any other attempts tell me the directory does not exist. I know it does, and when I get that error it doesn’t even seem to be acting like it is connecting to the FTP server because it happens instantly.

I do have the plugins for FTP, and they are checked. Am I supposed to do something to the plugins, or they just know what to do?

Below are the screenshots. For some reason I can’t get the last message to appear again. Probably will once I submit this.

[CyJobes]

BTW - HTTP is not an option since I need to compare files against files before scripting since pages are PHP.

[psguru]

This could be a firewall or some other security-related issue. Try the following: press Ctrl+C when you get the error message, then paste the error into Notepad. Take the command line part from Notepad and run it from the MS-DOS prompt.

You can also tweak wget.js script parameters to produce more output from wget.

[CyJobes]

This could be a firewall or some other security-related issue. Try the following: press Ctrl+C when you get the error message, then paste the error into Notepad. Take the command line part from Notepad and run it from the MS-DOS prompt.

You can also tweak wget.js script parameters to produce more output from wget.

Not sure I follow. I already can FTP, so why would the firewall be an issue?

It would really save me time to be able to compare files/directories on my remote server vs my dev server. Isn't there an easire way, or at least one in the works?

[psguru]

This is the way to compare remote files and directory in ExamDiff Pro. I just tried comparing files and directories via FTP, and both worked flawlessly.

The way I suggested would let you see where the plug-in (wget in this case) fails. Perhaps your syntax (which is not fully visible in the screenshots) is incorrect. In any case, running the plug-in from the command line is the best way to diagnose the problem.

[CyJobes]

Which part of this do I need? If I had an example and if you were more precise I would not need to keep asking questions.

I'm not trying to be rude, but detailed answers are very helpfull in a forum. Not just for me, but for the next person who may also have this problem. This way they get answers without more questions.

Which part do I need to place into the MSDOS prompt?

Code: Select all

Plug-in app "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cscript.exe" "C:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\Plug-Ins\wget\wget-1.10.2b\wget.js" "C:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\Plug-Ins\wget\wget-1.10.2b\wget.exe" "ftp://********:******@ftp.web2.atlanticbt.com/dev.lgfcu.org/exchange/" "C:\DOCUME~1\CYJOBE~1.LGF\LOCALS~1\Temp\ED4F59~1.TMP" 0 produced no output (its return code was 0).

This is what I get back if I put in only from "C:\WINDOWS...." to "...ED4F59~1.TMP"

Code: Select all

C:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\Plug-Ins\wget\wge
 JScript runtime error: Subscript out of range

But I have no idea if I did it right.

[CyJobes]

Sorry, just realized the whole line I pasted from MSDOS did not copy right. Here is what I got.

Code: Select all

C:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\Plug-Ins\wget\wget-1.10.2b\wget.js(6, 1) Microsoft
 JScript runtime error: Subscript out of range

[psguru]

After playing a bit with an incorrect password I was able to reproduce your problem (which also means that the most probable reason for the error is the incorrect login). You need to run the following command:

Code: Select all

"C:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\Plug-Ins\wget\wget-1.10.2b\wget.exe" "ftp://********:******@ftp.web2.atlanticbt.com/dev.lgfcu.org/exchange/" "C:\DOCUME~1\CYJOBE~1.LGF\LOCALS~1\Temp\ED4F59~1.TMP"

This will give you the output that should be pretty easy to interpret.

[psguru]

The latest build of 4.0 Beta includes better plug-in diagnostics, especially for remote files and directories. Please give it a try.

[CyJobes]

Back at this again:

I placed this into the CMD prompt
"C:\Program Files\ExamDiff Pro\Plug-Ins\wget\wget-1.10.2b\wget.exe" "ftp//user:#######@ftp.master.lgfcu.org"

I get the following
Resolving ftp... failed: Unknown host.

My password has a "#" in it. Do I need to place some sort of special character in its place?

Thankx

[CyJobes]

WOO HOO

I got it to work.

Found that %23 needed to be put in the place where # appeared in pass, plus a colon after FTP

Thanks,
Cy

[CyJobes]

I've seen some programs that can compare a directory, and let you know when files are not identicle.

In other words, files are compared even as the directory is being compared and the files that are not identicle are hilighted in some fashion.

Is this already possible, and if so, how do I get such a display?

Thanks,
Cy

[psguru]

Unless I'm missing something, ExamDiff Pro can already compare directories, and it can use different ways to do so (full file content comparison, CRC, size, tiemstamp etc. See Options | Dir Comparison.