FTP on Mac: Failed to retrieve directory listing

: Joel Lipman; File Transfer Protocol; 06 October 2018; Hits: 4087

Applies to:

FileZilla for Mac
macOS High Sierra

A quick note to remind me how to enable FTP directory listing as it was working on my Windows PC but not on my Mac. The error I was getting was

copy raw

Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

though I could access the folders if I browsed the existing folders by entering it in the remote directory field. Still no files or folders would show.

Category: File Transfer Protocol :: Article: 647

: Joel Lipman; File Transfer Protocol; 20 November 2012; Hits: 6374

Why?
So let's say my FTP client is not the most expensive (was FREE), nor the most advanced client out there, and I want to know what were the most recent files I modified and uploaded to a site, how do I do it using just Microsoft Windows?

How?
I don't have a clue. Here's what I've got so far:

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