[WFX] FsExecuteFile called with undocumented verb

[Dalai]

Hi there ,

I don't know if this has been discussed before, but since the search terms are quite limited in this case, I'm opening a new topic.

I observed this behaviour quite some time ago but didn't pay further attention to it. Today, it bothered me and caused a bit of trouble in my plugin, so I'm reporting it.

Upon entering a WFX plugin, TC calls these functions in the given order:

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FsInit
FsSetDefaultParams
FsExecuteFile
FsFindFirst
...

The first two are OK, the third is not (IMO). Via debugging I found out that TC calls FsExecuteFile with the Verb "MODE I" (and an empty RemoteName) which is just as strange as undocumented. It's strange because TC calls this function before it retrieves the file names via FsFindFirst. Where does this call and this Verb come from? Is TC intended to do that? If it's not, then I call it a bug. If it is, the verb is certainly missing in the documentation (plugin SDK).

Regards
Dalai

[MVV]

It is strange that it is undocumented - agree. AFAIK it is for FTP plugins. You should simply ignore unknown verbs with empty remote names.

[Dalai]

AFAIK it is for FTP plugins.

That's what I suspected (although I didn't say it).

You should simply ignore unknown verbs with empty remote names.

Agreed. That's the approach I'm using now.

Regards
Dalai