Uploaded files disappear after refreshing FTP directory

[Candev]

@uadhy86

When I upload files through FileZilla to /woyuk_app/app/ or /woyuk_app/vendor/, the files appear immediately after upload but disappear from the directory listing after refreshing.

@Lemni

The most likely one here is the path. You’re uploading to /woyuk_app/app/ and /woyuk_app/vendor/. If woyuk_app sits at the top level of your account rather than inside htdocs, that would explain it. The article says all website files must go in the main htdocs folder (or a domain-specific htdocs folder). Anything created or uploaded elsewhere is deleted automatically, which fits your small test file disappearing too.

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