I'm here because I have a problem while downloading some files through ftp protocol. It's weird because it occurs occasionally and even for the same single file.
Just a precision: I'm downloading very large files (from 500 Mo to 30Go)
Here are the kind of Exceptions returned by my function : (sorry it's in french)
System.Net.WebException: La connexion sous-jacente a été fermée : Une erreur inattendue s'est produite lors de la réception.
à System.Net.FtpWebRequest.CheckError()
à System.Net.FtpWebRequest.SyncRequestCallback(Object obj)
à System.IO.Stream.Close()
à System.Net.ConnectionPool.Destroy(PooledStream pooledStream)
à System.Net.ConnectionPool.PutConnection(PooledStream pooledStream, Object owningObject, Int32 creationTimeout, Boolean canReuse)
à System.Net.FtpWebRequest.FinishRequestStage(RequestStage stage)
à System.Net.FtpWebRequest.SyncRequestCallback(Object obj)
à System.Net.CommandStream.Abort(Exception e)
à System.Net.CommandStream.CheckContinuePipeline()
à System.Net.FtpDataStream.System.Net.ICloseEx.CloseEx(CloseExState closeState)
à System.Net.FtpDataStream.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
à System.IO.Stream.Close()
à UtilityClasses.FTP.Download(String srcDirectoryPath, String file, String destDirectoryPath)
Here is the code used to download :
the download methods :
public Dictionary<string, object> Download(string srcDirectoryPath, string file, string destDirectoryPath, int attemptLimitNb, int delay)
{
int attemptNb = 0;
bool downloadFailed;
Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string,object>();
do
{
attemptNb++;
result = Download(srcDirectoryPath, file, destDirectoryPath);
downloadFailed = result["downloadfailed"] != null;
if (downloadFailed) Thread.Sleep((int)(1000 * delay));
}
while (downloadFailed && attemptNb < attemptLimitNb);
return result;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> Download(string srcDirectoryPath, string file, string destDirectoryPath)
{
Exception downloadFailed = null;
Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string, object>();
bool fileFound = false;
try
{
if (destDirectoryPath == null || !Directory.Exists(destDirectoryPath)) throw new Exception("Download destination path does not exist");
if (file != null && file != "")
{
if (file.Contains("/"))
{
throw new Exception("Invalid file name. Impossible to download");
}
Uri serverUri;
if (srcDirectoryPath == null || srcDirectoryPath == "")
{
serverUri = new Uri("ftp://" + this.Server + "/" + file);
}
else if (Regex.IsMatch(srcDirectoryPath, "^/.*$") || Regex.IsMatch(srcDirectoryPath, "^.*/$"))
{
throw new Exception("Path must not start and end with '/'");
}
else
{
serverUri = new Uri("ftp://" + this.Server + "/" + srcDirectoryPath + "/" + file);
}
if (serverUri.Scheme != Uri.UriSchemeFtp) throw new Exception("server URI Scheme does not match FTP URI Scheme");
if (Exists(srcDirectoryPath, file))
{
fileFound = true;
FtpWebRequest downloadRequest = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(serverUri);
downloadRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, Password);
downloadRequest.KeepAlive = false;
downloadRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)downloadRequest.GetResponse();
Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(destDirectoryPath, file), FileMode.Create);
byte[] buffer = new byte[2000];
int read = 0;
try
{
do
{
read = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
fileStream.Write(buffer, 0, read);
fileStream.Flush();
}
while (read != 0);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
fileStream.Close();
responseStream.Close();
response.Close();
throw e;
}
fileStream.Close();
responseStream.Close();
response.Close();
}
}
}
catch (WebException webExcptn)
{
downloadFailed = webExcptn;
}
finally
{
result.Add("filefound", fileFound);
result.Add("downloadfailed", downloadFailed);
}
return result;
}
the Exists method :
public bool Exists(string srcPath, string elementName)
{
if (elementName == null || elementName == "")
{
return false;
}
Uri serverUri;
bool res = false;
if (srcPath == null || srcPath == "")
{
serverUri = new Uri("ftp://" + this.Server);
}
else if (Regex.IsMatch(srcPath, "^/.*$") || Regex.IsMatch(srcPath, "^.*/$"))
{
throw new Exception("Path must not start and end with '/'");
}
else
{
serverUri = new Uri("ftp://" + this.Server + "/" + srcPath);
}
if (serverUri.Scheme != Uri.UriSchemeFtp) throw new Exception("server URI Scheme does not match FTP URI Scheme");
FtpWebRequest listingRequest = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(serverUri);
listingRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, Password);
listingRequest.KeepAlive = false;
listingRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)listingRequest.GetResponse();
Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
string ftpElementName;
do
{
ftpElementName = Path.GetFileName(streamReader.ReadLine());
if (ftpElementName == null) break;
else
{
string pattern = "^" + elementName.Replace("[", "\\[").Replace("]", "\\]").Replace("+", "[+]").Replace(".", "[.]") + "$";
if (Regex.IsMatch(ftpElementName, pattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase))
{
res = true;
}
}
}
while (ftpElementName != null && !res);
streamReader.Close();
responseStream.Close();
response.Close();
return res;
}
Maybe it's a timeout problem, but i don't really know. I searched for a long time for an answer but without success. Maybe some of you will have a solution.
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EDIT : Some progress :
I have tested my code in debug mode with VS and in fact the Exception above is the consequence of a previous one. (I Couldn't know that because I only wrote the last Exception returned in a log file)
Here is the original exception :
Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
The second exception is caused by this part of the Download method code :
catch (Exception e)
{
fileStream.Close();
responseStream.Close(); // <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
response.Close();
throw e;
}
I keep on my investigations but it seems that the "timeout pb" hypothesis is the most consistent. I will try with a large timeout value tonight.