>any thoughts on the best way to check for no files in an ftp folder ?
>
>I've got this
>
>

> FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ftpaddress);
> //List all the files in the directory
> request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails;
>

>
>I think I can check for file = 0 but I wondered if there as anything else.
>
>Thanks
>
>Nick
>
>
>Update the FTP site returns "total 0"

That's interesting. I never thought to use that shortcut. I always used a general approach and checking the collection after. Here is a part of the code I use:

                    ' FTP setup
                    loFtpWebRequest = System.Net.FtpWebRequest.Create(New Uri(lcURI))
                    loFtpWebRequest.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(cUsername, cPassword)
                    loFtpWebRequest.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails
                    loFtpWebRequest.KeepAlive = False

                    ' If we use FTP/SSL  (AUTH SSL)
                    If nNoFTPProtocol = 2 Then
                        loFtpWebRequest.EnableSsl = True
                    End If

                    Using loFtpWebResponse As System.Net.FtpWebResponse = loFtpWebRequest.GetResponse()

                        Using loStream As System.IO.Stream = loFtpWebResponse.GetResponseStream()

                            Using loStreamReader As New StreamReader(loStream)

                                ' Load the files into the string builder
                                loStringBuilder.LoadString(loStreamReader.ReadToEnd())

                            End Using

                        End Using

                    End Using

                    ' Initialization
                    cDirectoryContentFromFTP = loStringBuilder.oStringBuilder.ToString

                    ' For each file
                    For lnCounter2 = 1 To loStringBuilder.nLine

So, basically, it is the same start as you. Then, I stream and put each line into a collection.