How to copy a file on an FTP server?

Question

How do you copy a file on an FTP server? My goal is to copy ftp://www.mysite.com/test.jpg to ftp://www.mysite.com/testcopy.jpg. To rename a file, I

Answer 1

In our project we did someting like this

// pass parameters according to your need, 
// the below code is done in a hard coded manner for clarity
public void Copy()  
{
    // from where you want to copy
    var downloadRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.mysite.com/test.jpg");
    downloadRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("userName", "passWord");
    downloadRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;

    var ftpWebResponse = (FtpWebResponse)downloadRequest.GetResponse();
    var downloadResponse = ftpWebResponse.GetResponseStream();

    int buffLength = 2048;
    byte[] byteBuffer = new byte[buffLength];

    // bytes read from download stream. 
    // from documentation: When overridden in a derived class, reads a sequence of bytes from the  
    // current stream and advances the position within the stream by the number of bytes read.
    int bytesRead = downloadResponse.Read(byteBuffer, 0, buffLength);

    // the place where you want the file to go
    var uploadRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.mysite.com/testCopy.jpg");
    uploadRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("userName", "passWord");
    uploadRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;

    var uploadStream = uploadRequest.GetRequestStream();

    if (bytesRead > 0)
    {
        while (bytesRead > 0)
        {
            uploadStream.Write(byteBuffer, 0, bytesRead);
            bytesRead = downloadResponse.Read(byteBuffer, 0, buffLength);
        }
    }

    uploadStream.Close();
    uploadStream.Dispose();

    downloadResponse.Close();
    ftpWebResponse.Close();
    ((IDisposable)ftpWebResponse).Dispose();
}