Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 22:57:24 +0900
From: "Eugene M. Kim" <ab@astralblue.net>
To: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de>
Subject: Re: ftpd weirdness; CWD/RETR/... handles {} specially?
Message-ID: <20010708225724.A40756@the-7.net>
In-Reply-To: <200107081353.PAA66859@lurza.secnetix.de>; from olli@secnetix.de on Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 03:53:30PM %2B0200
References: <20010708223111.A40664@the-7.net> <200107081353.PAA66859@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Thank you for the reply. In that case, is there any way to disable the
globbing? I've just read the manpage but couldn't find the appropriate
flag for it.
Regards,
Eugene
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 03:53:30PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Eugene M. Kim <ab@astralblue.net> wrote:
> > ftpd of 4-stable apparently handles {} embedded in the argument to RETR
> > and CWD specially. For example, if the client send `CWD {3}', then the
> > ftpd will try to chdir into `3', not into `{3}'. Is this an intended
> > behavior, or a bug to be fixed?
>
> It's a feature. According to ftpd(8):
>
> <blockquote>
> Ftpd interprets file names according to the ``globbing''
> conventions used by csh(1). This allows users to utilize
> the metacharacters ``*?[]{}~''
> </blockquote>
>
> > PS. Please don't reply only to the list, since I'm not subscribed to it.
>
> In that case I'd suggest that you set your Reply-To header
> appropriately.
>
> Regards
> Oliver
>
> --
> Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München
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>
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