Re: ftp: mget specifying path names

[Tim Brown <tim.bronski@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob, as you probably know from looking at ftp logs a client MGET command
is actually an NLST followed followed by a get (RETR) for each of the
returned list entries. It's standard for a list that requests a relative
path to return the list with just the files names. In your case however
it's irrelevant. A server should be able to consume the results of its own
list. So if your server is responding to an NLST with just file names then
it MUST be able to retrieve (GET) a file based on that same output.
Anything else doesn't make sense.So if the RETR uses the same values that
are on the NLST response then the server has a bug.

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:12 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When doing ftp make it a bad habit to do
>   mget /mypathname/*.*
> versus
>   cd /mypathname
>   mget *.*
> The reason being is that some servers will support the mget
> /mypathname/*.* and others won't.
> I've seen this work
>   ls /mypathname/*.txt
> return
>   thisfile.txt
>   thatfile.txt
> However, notice the path name missing?  So when you do a mget
> /mypathname/*.* you may get
>   mget /mypathname/*.*
>   would you like to get thisfile.txt? y
>   no such file
>
> The native ftp server for IBM i supports mget /directory/*.*.  Linoma's
> GoAnywhere does not.  They have filed an enhancement request and they've
> been pretty responsive in the past.  However they do state that the RFC is
> a little vague on whether or not the list should return the path name.
> There is some concern about backward compatibility...
> They did some checking around and they are seeing a mix of ftp sites that
> go either way.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
> Group Dekko
> Dept 1600
> Mail to:  2505 Dekko Drive
>           Garrett, IN 46738
> Ship to:  Dock 108
>           6928N 400E
>           Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com
>
> --
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.