Should I be worried about "550 Can't check for file existence"

Hello, I'm brand new to FTP but your program seems intuitive enough, plus your vids are very helpful.

I just uploaded a Wordpress blog theme (folder with many files) from my computer to my host. I then installed the theme and so far it seems ok.

But during the FTP I got messages like "File size check (SIZE) failed. File not found or permission denied" and "550 Can't check for file existence". That makes me worried.

Does it mean some files were not sent?

Here's just a snippet so you can see what I mean:

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[09:48:48] 150 Accepted data connection
[09:48:48] 886 bytes transferred. (4.62 KB/s) (187 ms)
[09:48:48] 226-File successfully transferred
[09:48:48] 226 0.376 seconds (measured here), 2.30 Kbytes per second
[09:48:48] MDTM 20060704054940 footer.php
[09:48:49] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:49] SIZE footer.php
[09:48:49] 213 886
[09:48:49] Remote file exist check: "functions.php".
[09:48:49] SIZE functions.php
[09:48:49] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:49] File size check (SIZE) failed. File not found or permission denied.
[09:48:49] PASV
[09:48:49] 227 Entering Passive Mode (72,34,46,130,77,131)
[09:48:49] Opening data connection to 72.34.46.130 Port: 19843
[09:48:49] STOR functions.php
[09:48:49] 150 Accepted data connection
[09:48:50] 8604 bytes transferred. (14.1 KB/s) (594 ms)
[09:48:51] 226-File successfully transferred
[09:48:51] 226 1.361 seconds (measured here), 6.17 Kbytes per second
[09:48:51] MDTM 20060704175608 functions.php
[09:48:51] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:51] SIZE functions.php
[09:48:51] 213 8604
[09:48:51] Remote file exist check: "header.php".
[09:48:51] SIZE header.php
[09:48:51] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:51] File size check (SIZE) failed. File not found or permission denied.
[09:48:51] PASV
[09:48:52] 227 Entering Passive Mode (72,34,46,130,245,238)
[09:48:52] Opening data connection to 72.34.46.130 Port: 62958
[09:48:52] STOR header.php
[09:48:52] 150 Accepted data connection
[09:48:52] 1909 bytes transferred. (9.96 KB/s) (187 ms)
[09:48:52] 226-File successfully transferred
[09:48:52] 226 0.525 seconds (measured here), 3.55 Kbytes per second
[09:48:52] MDTM 20060704165622 header.php
[09:48:53] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:53] SIZE header.php
[09:48:53] 213 1909
[09:48:53] Remote file exist check: "index.php".
[09:48:53] SIZE index.php
[09:48:53] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:53] File size check (SIZE) failed. File not found or permission denied.
[09:48:53] PASV
[09:48:53] 227 Entering Passive Mode (72,34,46,130,120,49)
[09:48:53] Opening data connection to 72.34.46.130 Port: 30769
[09:48:53] STOR index.php
[09:48:53] 150 Accepted data connection
[09:48:53] 1762 bytes transferred. (11.0 KB/s) (156 ms)
[09:48:54] 226-File successfully transferred
[09:48:54] 226 0.476 seconds (measured here), 3.62 Kbytes per second
[09:48:54] MDTM 20060704025500 index.php
[09:48:54] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:54] SIZE index.php
[09:48:54] 213 1762
[09:48:54] Remote file exist check: "links.php".
[09:48:54] SIZE links.php
[09:48:54] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:54] File size check (SIZE) failed. File not found or permission denied.
[09:48:55] PASV
[09:48:55] 227 Entering Passive Mode (72,34,46,130,105,8)
[09:48:55] Opening data connection to 72.34.46.130 Port: 26888
[09:48:55] STOR links.php
[09:48:55] 150 Accepted data connection
[09:48:55] 983 bytes transferred. (5.13 KB/s) (187 ms)
[09:48:55] 226-File successfully transferred
[09:48:55] 226 0.330 seconds (measured here), 2.91 Kbytes per second
[09:48:55] MDTM 20060704043800 links.php
[09:48:56] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:56] SIZE links.php
[09:48:56] 213 983
[09:48:56] Remote file exist check: "page.php".
[09:48:56] SIZE page.php
[09:48:56] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:56] File size check (SIZE) failed. File not found or permission denied.
[09:48:56] PASV
[09:48:56] 227 Entering Passive Mode (72,34,46,130,187,136)
[09:48:56] Opening data connection to 72.34.46.130 Port: 48008
[09:48:56] STOR page.php
[09:48:56] 150 Accepted data connection
[09:48:56] 629 bytes transferred. (3.59 KB/s) (171 ms)
[09:48:57] 226-File successfully transferred
[09:48:57] 226 0.207 seconds (measured here), 2.97 Kbytes per second
[09:48:57] MDTM 20060704042900 page.php
[09:48:57] 550 Can't check for file existence
[09:48:57] SIZE page.php
[09:48:57] 213 629
[09:48:57] Remote file exist check: "readme.txt".

In your case you can ignore the messages. All is fine.

Regards,
SmartFTP

ok, thanks mb.

btw, you might want to consider adding at the end of the FTP session something like "15 out of 15 files successfully transfered"....... or "12 out of 15..." and then list the files that didn't go with possible reasons. Just some kind of summary so non techies don't have to read through the log and try to make sense of it.

anyways, thanks for making a great product... i tried filezilla and it was moving like a snail. smartFTP works really fast.

-john

Hello ..

We usually recommend the Transfer Queue for all transfers. It features auto reconnect, auto resume etc. You can find some tutorials covering the Transfer Queue at:
https://www.smartftp.com/support/howto

it doesn't tell you how many files/folders are transferred but successful transfers are automatically removed from the queue and only the failed ones stay.

Regards,
-Mat