550 LIST command failed - popen error: EDC5112I Resource temporarily unavailable.

Question

Hi,

I'm using the Rebex.dll to connect via FTP to an IBM Server. After the established connection I try to list the files from home, but I get the following error: 550 LIST command failed - popen error: EDC5112I Resource temporarily unavailable.

Here the log:

220-TCMFTP00 IBM FTP CS V1R10 at X.X.INTERN, 17:09:58 on 2010-05-17.
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 20 minutes.
331 Send password please.
230 user is logged on.  Working directory is "user.".
211- Extensions supported
 SIZE
 MDTM
 REST STREAM
 UTF8
 LANG en*
211 End
501 command OPTS aborted -- no options supported for UTF8
Verbindung wurde hergestellt
250 HFS directory / is the current working directory
200 Representation type is Ascii NonPrint
227 Entering Passive Mode (7,200,101,1,74,250)
550 LIST command failed - popen error: EDC5112I Resource temporarily unavailable. (errno2=0x0B250012)

What can I do?

Peter

Answer 1

Unfortunately, although this error was reported by the FTP server, it is not a FTP-level error - it represents an error that occurred at the OS level - the popen name seems indicates that the server was unable to open a directory. Also, from Google search results, it looks like the same error occurs in non-FTP scenarios.

The error message suggests that his might be a temporary condition, so it might be worth trying again. If it doesn't help, reporting this to server administrators would be the recommended action.