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FTP on Mac: Failed to retrieve directory listing
File Transfer Protocol 22554

FTP on Mac: Failed to retrieve directory listing

Applies to: FileZilla for MacmacOS High Sierra A quick note to remind me how to enable FTP directory listing as it was working on my Windows PC but not on my Mac. The error I was getting was Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing though I could access the folders if I browsed the existing folders by entering it in...

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List last modified files using FTP Command-line
File Transfer Protocol 26132

List last modified files using FTP Command-line

Why? So let's say my FTP client is not the most expensive (was FREE), nor the most advanced client out there, and I want to know what were the most recent files I modified and uploaded to a site, how do I do it using just Microsoft Windows? How? I don't have a clue. Here's what I've got so far:

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