Messages

This document explains how to customize all the Apache FtpServer reply messages.

All the server messages are customizable. The default reply messages are bundled with the server. The user defined custom messages will be stored separately. This custom message file is configurable.

The FtpServer project is interested in localized message bundles, please contact the project if you would like to donate.

Example

<messages languages="se, no ,da">

messages element

Attribute Description Required Default value
directory The directory in which message bundles can be located No  
languages A comma separated list of the languages that the server will provide messages in No  

Creating a customized message bundle

Dynamic Values

Dynamic values can be embedded in the server message replies. User can specify different variables in message strings. Variables are represented by {variable} in the string.

Variable Name Description
server.ip Server IP address.
server.port Server port.
client.ip Client IP address.
client.con.time Client connection time. The date format is yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss (ISO8601).
client.login.time Client login time. The date format is yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss (ISO8601).
client.login.name User login name. If the user has not passed the login name, it will be null.
client.access.time Client last access time. The date format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss (ISO8601).
client.home User home directory.
client.dir User current directory.
request.line User request line.
request.cmd User FTP command.
request.arg User request argument. If there is no argument it will be null.
stat.start.time Server start time. The date format is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss (ISO8601).
stat.con.total Total number of connections after server startup.
stat.con.curr Current connection number.
stat.login.total Total number of logins after server startup.
stat.login.curr Current login number.
stat.login.anon.total Total number of anonymous logins after server startup.
stat.login.anon.curr Current anonymous login number.
stat.file.upload.count Total number of files uploaded.
stat.file.upload.bytes Total number of bytes uploaded.
stat.file.download.count Total number of files downloaded
stat.file.download.bytes Total number of bytes downloaded
stat.file.delete.count Total number of files deleted.
stat.dir.create.count Total number of directories created.
stat.dir.delete.count Total number of directories removed.
output.code FTP Server 3 digit reply code.
output.msg Basic core message which has to be available in the message.