[NET-558] getModificationTime(<filename>) returns complete received line including response code and EOL

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.4
• Component/s: FTP
• Labels: commons-net ftp

Environment

The ftp server supports MDTM.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ralph Becker
• Created: 11/Nov/14 18:31
• Updated: 26/Nov/15 16:34
• Resolved: 29/Nov/14 01:29

Description

When retrieving the last modification time of a file on the server via the
method getModificationTime(String filename) it returns something like
"213 20141111112706" where only the part after the space is the relevant data.

I digged deeper and i found that the first part before the space is the positive
response code which is not removed before getModificationTime returns.

I consider this a minor bug as i think there is a simple work around
(split by space, use second part only) but i do not believe that
the result of the method is what a user expects regarding the documentation
of that method.