trying to FTP a file with a special character

Question

I have the code:

FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
request.UseBinary = t         


        

Answer 1

Do a string replace with "#" ->"%23"
URL encodings shouldn't contain a hash because:

Some characters present the possibility of being misunderstood within URLs for various reasons. These characters should also always be encoded.