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Q280426: Cannot Put a File with a Name That Ends with "ABOR"

Article: Q280426
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv
Last Modified: 22-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use FTP to transfer a file to an Internet Information Server or
Internet Information Services server, the put does not work if the file name
meets all of the following conditions:

- The file name uses all uppercase letters.

- The file name contains the string "ABOR".

- The file name has no extension.

The FTP server sees such a file name as an FTP "abor" command and responds with
"Quit." This issue occurs with with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computers as
the FTP client to Internet Information Server or Internet Information Services.

WORKAROUND
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To work around the problem, rename the file or do not send all uppercase
letters.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.


Additional query words: iis capital caps

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Keywords          : kbenv 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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