In coldFusion CFFTP, existsDir generate error if dir doesn't exist

Question

I am using existsDir to check if a folder exists or not.

<cfftp action="existsDir" 
       connection="FTP" 
       directory="/Download/Test">
#cfftp.returnvalue#

If the folder exists, then everything works fine. The returnvalue is "yes". If the folder doesn't exist, then the existsDir action fails with the following error:

An error occurred during the sFTP existsDir operation. The system cannot find the path /Download/Test 

The whole point of this action is to determine whether a folder exists. Yet it is causing an error if it doesn't exist. Am I missing something?

I can add try and catch around this whole statement (i am going add it anyway just to be safe), but that would make this existDir pointless.

Answer 1

I experienced this also. Seems to be a bug alright even in CF 2016 (which we just migrated to). I got around it by setting stoponerror="No" during the cfftp action="existsDir" usage like this;

<cfftp action="existsDir"
       connection="ftp_connection"
       directory="#remote_path#"
       stoponerror="No">

You can then just check if it 'succeeded' and create the Dir if necessary;

<cfif cfftp.succeeded NEQ "YES">

    <!--- Create directory --->
    <cfftp action="createDir"
         connection="ftp_connection"
         directory="#remote_path#"
         stoponerror="No">
</cfif>