Apache Commons FTPClient fails to retrieve some files

Question

I'm using Apache Commons FTPClient to fetch files from FTP server. This is the setup:

 ftpClient.setDefaultPort(port);
            ftpClient.connect(server);
            ftpClient.login(user, password);
            ftpClient.enterLocalPassiveMode();
            ftpClient.setFileType(FTPClient.BINARY_FILE_TYPE);
            ftpClient.changeWorkingDirectory(path);

This is the transfer code:

final FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
                    final boolean result = ftpClient.retrieveFile(dirToList + aFile.getName(), fileOutputStream);
                    Log.i(TAG, "[" + (result ? "+" : "-") + "]");

And what I see in the logs:

I/SyncService( 4412): /Users/user1/Downloads/FtpSync/.idea/copyrightprofiles_settings.xml
I/SyncService( 4412): [-]
<...>
I/SyncService( 4412): /Users/user1/Downloads/FtpSync/footer.php
I/SyncService( 4412): [+]

All php files are synced, and all xml files are failed to sync. The FTP server is on my local notebook (Mac OS X default ftp server, tnftpd 20100324+GSSAPI)

Why it does not work?

Answer 1

For first, you should always close the output stream after the retrieveFile method. Have you tried to change the FTP.{filetype} when downloading XML files (although this shouldnt be the case)?