Error: Copying files to remote side failed. The system ~

~cannot find the file specified.

I'm getting this error at the very end of a file transfer. It's quite a big file, 42 MB.

WinSCP vers 4.2.8
OS = WinXP Pro
Protocol FTP
Interface = Commander

I've tried passive mode on and I've restricted the transfer speed, but neither seems to help.

OK, I seem to have this solved.

The server it's being uploaded to is a game server and that needs to be not running during the upload, or this error occurs.

Ah..

No, it's still failing when the game server is down. :(

Log

https://pastebin.com/gM4fqhaw

No-one is going to help?

Do you have trasfer resuming enabled in preferences?

Yes.

Hi,

I'm having the same problem with winscp. I'm completely new to this, when I try to copy a file to the remote server, I receive an error message saying the file does not exist. I have windows 7 and tried downloading the Winscp 434 beta version, however that did not help. Instead, with the beta version it could not retrieve the files in the remote server. So long in was a flop. Please advise.

A quick response would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

NS

Newbie76 wrote:

I'm having the same problem with winscp. I'm completely new to this, when I try to copy a file to the remote server, I receive an error message saying the file does not exist. I have windows 7 and tried downloading the Winscp 434 beta version, however that did not help. Instead, with the beta version it could not retrieve the files in the remote server. So long in was a flop. Please advise.

Please post a full log file showing the problem.

Hi Martin,

Thank you for the detailed instructions! Kindly find below the log:


PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
Copying 1 files/directories to remote directory "/"
PrTime: Yes; PrRO: No; Rght: rw-r--r--; PrR: No (No); FnCs: N; RIC: 01; Resume: S (102400); CalcS: Yes; Mask: *.*
TM: M; ClAr: No; CPS: 0; ExclM(No):
AscM: *.*html; *.htm; *.txt; *.php; *.php3; *.cgi; *.c; *.cpp; *.h; *.pas; *.bas; *.tex; *.pl; *.js; .htaccess; *.xtml; *.css; *.cfg; *.ini; *.sh; *.xml
File: "C:\Users\s\Documents\lists"
File: "C:\Users\s\Documents\lists\admin"
File: "C:\Users\s\Documents\lists\admin\.htaccess"
Copying "C:\Users\s\Documents\lists\admin\.htaccess" to remote directory started.
Ascii transfer mode selected.
Starting upload of C:\Users\s\Documents\lists\admin\.htaccess
CWD /lists/admin/
550 /lists/admin/: The system cannot find the path specified.
CWD /lists/
550 /lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
CWD /
250 CWD command successful.
MKD lists
550 lists: Access is denied.
CWD /lists/
550 /lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
Copying files to remote side failed.
(ExtException) Copying files to remote side failed.
/lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
Asking user:
Error transferring file 'C:\Users\s\Documents\lists\admin\.htaccess'. ("Copying files to remote side failed.","/lists/: The system cannot find the file specified. ")
(EScpSkipFile) Error transferring file 'C:\Users\s\Documents\lists\admin\.htaccess'.
Copying files to remote side failed.
/lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
Creating directory "/lists/admin/".
CWD /lists/
550 /lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
CWD /
250 CWD command successful.
MKD lists
550 lists: Access is denied.
CWD /lists/
550 /lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
Listing file "/lists/admin".
Retrieving directory listing...
CWD /lists/
550 /lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
Could not retrieve directory listing
Retrieving directory listing...
TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
PORT 192,168,0,162,192,155
200 PORT command successful.
LIST -a
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
226 Transfer complete.
Directory listing successful
(ECommand) Copying files to remote side failed.
Error creating folder '/lists/admin/'.
/lists/: The system cannot find the file specified.
TYPE I
200 Type set to I.
TYPE A
200 Type set to A.

So you are uploading C:\Users\s\Documents\lists and WinSCP is trying to create /lists folder, because it does not exist. That fails. Do you see anything wrong on what WinSCP is doing?