FTP bug
March 10th, 2010
  • I've noticed a bug when trying to upload files from one XBox to another using XBMC:
    If there is a "#" in the filename, the filename ends with a space " ", and probably under many other conditions, a FTP transfer fails. File transfers work fine from XBMC <--> Filezilla standalone on Linux.

    I've also noticed this in the XBMC for Linux version.

    I'm sure this is just a parsing bug somewhere, but I'm not sure where to look or how to find the code at fault. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

    Thanks in advance.


  • I think the issue is in the CURL (https://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc/trunk/XBMC/xbmc/URL.cpp) class. There is a line in the constructor:
    int iOptions = strURL.find_first_of("?;#", iPos);
    ...and the chaos follows.

    I can't figure out why it's parsing it, being that iOptions is never used.

    How should I proceed?


  • maybe it's CUtil::MakeLegalFileName wrecking havoc again?


  • noticed in the xbmc for linux version? good job, as there's no ftp server there ;)

    in any case, enable the fatx limiter and it should work on xbox. if not its all about libfileZilla


  • Will do. While I'm at it, are there any others that should also be removed?


  • That's to parse out http cgi option parameters. The "ftp" protocols should probably be removed from the protocol list as options are not valid for them.


  • submitted to svn


  • Patch submitted

    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2004016&group_id=87054&atid=581840


  • Thanks for the quick response; I will try those as soon as I get back.

    The suggestions seem to assume a server-side problem. I'm pretty sure the error is occuring when XBMC is an ftp client (in the XBMC for Linux case, a separate XBox running XBMC was the server). According to the logs, the XBox was asked for a truncated name. For example, if the XBox server held an name "blah#halb.mp3", an XBox client trying to download it would ask for "blah".







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