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Q287616: FTP Error 550 Occurs When You Use Put and Append Commands

Article: Q287616
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix
Last Modified: 15-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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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 "filename": 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:

  Q260910 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     
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  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

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : :5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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