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PR #5589 established recommended encodings to use with major FTP servers. This patch updates integration tests correspondingly.
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title: "FTP"
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description: "Rclone docs for FTP backend"
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---
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# {{< icon "fa fa-file" >}} FTP
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FTP is the File Transfer Protocol. Rclone FTP support is provided using the
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[github.com/jlaffaye/ftp](https://godoc.org/github.com/jlaffaye/ftp)
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package.
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[Limitations of Rclone's FTP backend](#limitations)
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Paths are specified as `remote:path`. If the path does not begin with
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a `/` it is relative to the home directory of the user. An empty path
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`remote:` refers to the user's home directory.
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To create an FTP configuration named `remote`, run
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rclone config
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Rclone config guides you through an interactive setup process. A minimal
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rclone FTP remote definition only requires host, username and password.
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For an anonymous FTP server, use `anonymous` as username and your email
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address as password.
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```
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No remotes found - make a new one
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n) New remote
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r) Rename remote
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c) Copy remote
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s) Set configuration password
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q) Quit config
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n/r/c/s/q> n
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name> remote
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Type of storage to configure.
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
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Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
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[snip]
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XX / FTP Connection
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\ "ftp"
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[snip]
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Storage> ftp
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** See help for ftp backend at: https://rclone.org/ftp/ **
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FTP host to connect to
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
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Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
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1 / Connect to ftp.example.com
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\ "ftp.example.com"
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host> ftp.example.com
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FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
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user>
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FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
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port>
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FTP password
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y) Yes type in my own password
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g) Generate random password
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y/g> y
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Enter the password:
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password:
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Confirm the password:
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password:
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Use FTP over TLS (Implicit)
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Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
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tls>
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Use FTP over TLS (Explicit)
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Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
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explicit_tls>
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Remote config
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--------------------
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[remote]
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type = ftp
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host = ftp.example.com
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pass = *** ENCRYPTED ***
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--------------------
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y) Yes this is OK
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e) Edit this remote
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d) Delete this remote
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y/e/d> y
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```
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To see all directories in the home directory of `remote`
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rclone lsd remote:
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Make a new directory
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rclone mkdir remote:path/to/directory
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List the contents of a directory
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rclone ls remote:path/to/directory
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Sync `/home/local/directory` to the remote directory, deleting any
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excess files in the directory.
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rclone sync -i /home/local/directory remote:directory
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### Example without a config file ###
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rclone lsf :ftp: --ftp-host=speedtest.tele2.net --ftp-user=anonymous --ftp-pass=`rclone obscure dummy`
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### Implicit TLS ###
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Rlone FTP supports implicit FTP over TLS servers (FTPS). This has to
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be enabled in the FTP backend config for the remote, or with
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[`--ftp-tls`](#ftp-tls). The default FTPS port is `990`, not `21` and
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can be set with [`--ftp-port`](#ftp-port).
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{{< rem autogenerated options start" - DO NOT EDIT - instead edit fs.RegInfo in backend/ftp/ftp.go then run make backenddocs" >}}
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### Standard Options
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Here are the standard options specific to ftp (FTP Connection).
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#### --ftp-host
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FTP host to connect to
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- Config: host
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_HOST
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- Type: string
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- Default: ""
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- Examples:
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- "ftp.example.com"
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- Connect to ftp.example.com
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#### --ftp-user
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FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER
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- Config: user
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_USER
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- Type: string
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- Default: ""
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#### --ftp-port
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FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)
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- Config: port
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_PORT
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- Type: string
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- Default: ""
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#### --ftp-pass
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FTP password
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**NB** Input to this must be obscured - see [rclone obscure](/commands/rclone_obscure/).
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- Config: pass
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_PASS
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- Type: string
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- Default: ""
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#### --ftp-tls
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Use Implicit FTPS (FTP over TLS)
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When using implicit FTP over TLS the client connects using TLS
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right from the start which breaks compatibility with
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non-TLS-aware servers. This is usually served over port 990 rather
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than port 21. Cannot be used in combination with explicit FTP.
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- Config: tls
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_TLS
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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#### --ftp-explicit-tls
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Use Explicit FTPS (FTP over TLS)
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When using explicit FTP over TLS the client explicitly requests
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security from the server in order to upgrade a plain text connection
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to an encrypted one. Cannot be used in combination with implicit FTP.
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- Config: explicit_tls
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_EXPLICIT_TLS
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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### Advanced Options
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Here are the advanced options specific to ftp (FTP Connection).
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#### --ftp-concurrency
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Maximum number of FTP simultaneous connections, 0 for unlimited
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- Config: concurrency
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_CONCURRENCY
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- Type: int
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- Default: 0
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#### --ftp-no-check-certificate
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Do not verify the TLS certificate of the server
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- Config: no_check_certificate
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_NO_CHECK_CERTIFICATE
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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#### --ftp-disable-epsv
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Disable using EPSV even if server advertises support
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- Config: disable_epsv
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_DISABLE_EPSV
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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#### --ftp-disable-mlsd
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Disable using MLSD even if server advertises support
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- Config: disable_mlsd
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_DISABLE_MLSD
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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#### --ftp-idle-timeout
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Max time before closing idle connections
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If no connections have been returned to the connection pool in the time
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given, rclone will empty the connection pool.
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Set to 0 to keep connections indefinitely.
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- Config: idle_timeout
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_IDLE_TIMEOUT
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- Type: Duration
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- Default: 1m0s
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#### --ftp-close-timeout
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Maximum time to wait for a response to close.
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- Config: close_timeout
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_CLOSE_TIMEOUT
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- Type: Duration
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- Default: 1m0s
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#### --ftp-encoding
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This sets the encoding for the backend.
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See: the [encoding section in the overview](/overview/#encoding) for more info.
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- Config: encoding
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- Env Var: RCLONE_FTP_ENCODING
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- Type: MultiEncoder
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- Default: Slash,Del,Ctl,RightSpace,Dot
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- Examples:
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- "Asterisk,Ctl,Dot,Slash"
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- ProFTPd can't handle '*' in file names
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- "BackSlash,Ctl,Del,Dot,RightSpace,Slash,SquareBracket"
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- PureFTPd can't handle '[]' or '*' in file names
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- "Ctl,LeftPeriod,Slash"
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- VsFTPd can't handle file names starting with dot
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{{< rem autogenerated options stop >}}
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### Limitations
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FTP servers acting as rclone remotes must support `passive` mode.
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The mode cannot be configured as `passive` is the only supported one.
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Rclone's FTP implementation is not compatible with `active` mode
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as [the library it uses doesn't support it](https://github.com/jlaffaye/ftp/issues/29).
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This will likely never be supported due to security concerns.
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Modified times are not supported. Times you see on the FTP server
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through rclone are those of upload.
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Rclone's FTP backend does not support any checksums but can compare
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file sizes.
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`rclone about` is not supported by the FTP backend. Backends without
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this capability cannot determine free space for an rclone mount or
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use policy `mfs` (most free space) as a member of an rclone union
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remote.
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See [List of backends that do not support rclone about](https://rclone.org/overview/#optional-features)
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See [rclone about](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_about/)
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The implementation of : `--dump headers`,
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`--dump bodies`, `--dump auth` for debugging isn't the same as
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for rclone HTTP based backends - it has less fine grained control.
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`--timeout` isn't supported (but `--contimeout` is).
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`--bind` isn't supported.
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Rclone's FTP backend could support server-side move but does not
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at present.
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The `ftp_proxy` environment variable is not currently supported.
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#### Restricted filename characters
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In addition to the [default restricted characters set](/overview/#restricted-characters)
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the following characters are also replaced:
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File names cannot end with the following characters. Repacement is
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limited to the last character in a file name:
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| Character | Value | Replacement |
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| --------- |:-----:|:-----------:|
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| SP | 0x20 | ␠ |
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Not all FTP servers can have all characters in file names, for example:
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| FTP Server| Forbidden characters |
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| proftpd | `*` |
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| pureftpd | `\ [ ]` |
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This backend's interactive configuration wizard provides a selection of
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sensible encoding settings for major FTP servers: ProFTPd, PureFTPd, VsFTPd.
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Just hit a selection number when prompted.
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