Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/7051: Install program fails to put leading / in FTP CWD command Message-ID: <199806252050.NAA09996@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/7051; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/7051: Install program fails to put leading / in FTP CWD command Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:45:27 -0300 In message <199806252039.NAA14777@mango.parc.xerox.com>, you write: >In fact, according to RFC1738, the way to request a leading / in a >CWD is to start the URL with %2F, e.g. ftp://132.250.90.8/%2Fhome/FreeBSD . > >Perhaps this should be documented in the ftp install help. Since this would be a reasonably frequently wanted thing when doing a non- anonymous FTP of the install sets, it would be nice if this were documented somewhere or a one-line reminder was around the prompt window. -Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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