Why doesn't FTPWebRequest, or WebRequest in general accept a /../ path?
I am trying to automate some upload/download tasks from an ftp web server. When I connect to the server through client, or through Firefox even, in order to get to my directory, I have to specify a path like this: ftp://ftpserver.com/../AB00000/incoming/files If I try to access this: ftp://ftpserver.com/AB00000/incoming/files The server throws an error that the directory does not exist. So, the problem: I am trying to create an FTPWebRequest with the first ftp address, but it always parses out the "/../" part and then my server says the path doesn't exist. I've tried these: Uri target = new