Running dir() or mget() on FTP object causes MATLAB to crash

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)

Answer 1

[Alex]

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:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/6626