Chmod Appends "*" To File Name Display

[stapel]

I've been uploading files today using CuteFTP. Some of them need their permissions changed. When I used CHMOD in CuteFTP to change a PHP script from 644 to 744, the permission change went through, but the file then displayed (on the server side) as "filename.php*". That is, CuteFTP had appended an asterisk to the end of the file name.

 

Sort of.

 

If I then tried to do anything with that file, CuteFTP told me that it didn't actually exist. For instance, if I highlighted (select) the file and tried to "Rename" it, CuteFTP would tell me that "filename.php* doesn't exist".

 

I deleted the file through the "File Manager" in cPanel, re-uploaded through CuteFTP, and changed the permissions in cPanel. When I "refreshed" the server-side file listing in CuteFTP, the asterisk was back.

 

I had this problem once before, a couple of years ago, I think, but I can remember neither the cause nor the solution. I would appreciate any advice or suggestions.

 

Thank you!

 

Eliz.

[TCH-Bruce]

I use CuteFTP and never experienced this behavior. I just tried it to be sure but it's working as it should.

[stapel]

FYI: In order to display "hidden" files (such as the .htaccess file), I'd set the "filter" to the setting recommended by the CuteFTP "Help" file; namely, "-rtaF". I have no idea what these letters stand for.

 

Comparing these settings with those on another account, I clicked "Enable local filters (Let CuteFTP do the filtering)" and changed the "remote" filter to "-a".

 

I don't know which part of these changes fixed the problem, but everything appears to be working properly now.

 

Eliz.

[TCH-Rob]

Glad you got it sorted out.