Microsoft KB Archive/287616

= FTP Error 550 Occurs When You Use Put and Append Commands =

Article ID: 287616

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q287616



SYMPTOMS
When you append to a file immediately after you upload it to a Microsoft FTP server that is storing data on a UNC share, the following error message may appear:

550 &quot;filename&quot;: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process



CAUSE
The append command attempts to open the file that you uploaded before the redirector has fully committed the file to disk.



WORKAROUND
Insert a delay between the put and the append commands to give the FTP server to commit the file.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time     Version         Size      File name -  2/21/2001   10:54a   5.0.2195.3278   117,008   Ftpsvc2.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Services 5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: kbNetworking

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbnetwork kbhotfixserver KB287616

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