Running dir() or mget() on FTP object causes MATLAB to crash
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The following code causes MATLAB to crash at dir() in v7.10.0.59 (R2010a) and v7.12.0.635 (R2011a) (and possibly others) on Win7 x64 machines:
f = ftp('ftp.mathworks.com')
dir(f);
close(f)
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Alex
on 21 Aug 2012
Confirmed in 2012a on Windows 7 x64. It sounds like MATLAB doesn't let you use passive mode FTP, at least in Windows. Here's a workaround:
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