# FTP Client Speed via Scripting

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ftp-client-speed-via-scripting/26620 "2019-07-17T12:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ftp-client-speed-via-scripting/26620/8 "2019-07-18T23:36:41Z")

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> [@r.huisken](#):
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> 4.5 minutes to 11.5 seconds

_Dang!_ We really should try and figure out why Jython's FTPLib is so miserably slow - but kudos for figuring it out, and posting it back here!

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