[bug/req] Consistent behavior on FTP after lost connection

[ado]

Shortly: after FTP server drop connection to TC because of long inactivity, only consistent behaviour is while attempt to change directory.
Example: I got disconnected, but I still see content of FTP panel. I am going to first line ".." and press Enter. TC tells me about dropped connection (press ENTER) and ask me if I want to reconnect (sure I want - second ENTER) and now: TC reconnects and changes directory - what is correct, I wanted to change directory.
All another commands (View, Edit, Copy...) file on dropped connection works slightly different (I think incorrent). If I press F3 to view file in dropped connection panel, I get 2 dialogs and 2xENTER and that's it. To view the file I have to press F3 again

On my own, there are 3 ways to make it consistent: bad, quite good and perfect:
bad: change directory will stop work as it works now - hopefully no one would choose this way
quite good: when I press let's say F3 (F4...) on dropped connection panel, I have to press ENTER twice, but it will show the file as well
perfect: when I press let's say F3 on dropped connection panel, TC will show me file without questions, e.i. I know it is FTP and connection could be down, but I WANT to see that file. I do not care that connection is dropped. Just reconnect it and show me the file.
Maybe on dial-up connection it may seem in different light, but I am working 99% on local FTP servers...

What do you think?

ado

[WatchUer]

Support!

[petermad]

Support ++

[Sheepdog]

perfect: when I press let's say F3 on dropped connection panel, TC will show me file without questions, e.i. I know it is FTP and connection could be down, but I WANT to see that file. I do not care that connection is dropped. Just reconnect it and show me the file.

I think this is it what almost all of the users want (and expect).

Support++.

sheepdog

[Hacker]

Support++.

Roman

[szlori]

If there would be any complaint about the "perfect" solution, I suggest to make it configurable.
Otherwise I completely agree.

[JohnFredC]

Support!

[Dominik]

Support

[ghisler(Author)]

Unfortunately this is impossible. The server does NOT tell TC when it disconnects, so the only way to find out is to try to send commands to the server - and this can happen somewhere deep in a copy function or so, where it is impossible to reconnect...

[ado]

ado

[Sheepdog]

But why not automatically reconnect if the connection is lost.

I know there is software you can do this already - when a particular window appears always the 'yes' or 'okay' buton is pressed so quick that you can't even see the window appear on the screen.

BTW I would like such an option every time TC asks if to rebuild the lost FTP connection.

sheepdog

[tribbiani]

With the ftp-plugin for Servant Salamander you get a message box when the connection is down and why, e.g no-transfer-time exceeded. And you can set in the options to automatically reconnect (or another message box to reconnect or not).

This should work for TC too i hope.

[petermad]

2ghisler(Author)

The server does NOT tell TC when it disconnects, so the only way to find out is to try to send commands to the server

But when TC discovers that the connection is lost, which for example happens when a new command is send - then TC should carry out the command after reconnecting - in stead of the user having to do it once again

[ghisler(Author)]

Well, it can happen in the middle between some PORT and LIST command - you can't just reconnect and resend the LIST command, you have to resend from the beginning, starting with username, password, switching to the correct subdir, binary mode, port etc. etc.

[Hacker]

That shouldn't be a big problem, as TC keeps a log of all these operations.

Roman