get stuck, no call back about node-ftp HOT 3 CLOSED

The server should be sending back some kind of response after the RETR command. What does the server log say?

Did you mean to say it works without the preceding "./" ?

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Yes, looks like a server issue (security violation) - I needed to add

AllowForeignAddress on

However, is it a bug that your library never timed out or reported an error?

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There is a timeout for the actual PASV connection and one for connecting to the FTP server itself, but not for individual commands. You could easily do a setTimeout() though if you need to.

In this particular case there is no way to know that it was a server misconfiguration. There could be other causes, like a very slow or unreliable network connection.

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