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some files not showing up in fillezilla

#1 Post by RogerV » 2023-03-22 22:07

Hello,
For some reason filezilla does not view all files on remote side. I can see some certain files via cpanel file manager but they do not show up in filezilla. I downloaded some files via cpanel refreshed and they show up local side. Not showing on remote side.

Using latest version.
No filters.

Winscp has same issue,

Any ideas?

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Re: some files not showing up in fillezilla

#2 Post by boco » 2023-03-22 22:57

FTP servers are often configured to intentionally hide files and directories from you, usually the ones starting with a dot like .htaccess. FileZilla isn't showing them because the FTP server doesn't send them in listings. Due to the nature of the beast, nothing can be done from FileZilla's side.

Note that some legacy servers could be coerced into sending more complete listings by enabling the "Force showing hidden files" option from the Server menu in FileZilla. Effect is not guaranteed.
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Re: some files not showing up in fillezilla

#3 Post by RogerV » 2023-03-23 00:49

Some of the files are actually png files. They have standard naming format and there are files with similar names that are visible.

I did enable show all files, but that did nothing.

I did reach out to the web host. Hopefully, they will have an idea.

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Re: some files not showing up in fillezilla

#4 Post by boco » 2023-03-23 01:01

The only other case is if you have many files in one directory. Some FTP servers limit the number of items sent to 10000, 5000 or even 2000. So, if you are seeing only 9998, 4998 or 1998 items in the directory, that's why (the two special directories . and .. are always sent but invisible, that's why the figures are two short).
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Re: some files not showing up in fillezilla

#5 Post by RogerV » 2023-03-23 01:29

Yes, the folder displays 9998 files. Hopefully, the web host will correct this.

Thank you.

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