Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:00:19 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/16938: FTP does not fully parse ftp:// URLs Message-ID: <1716.951840019@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:00:02 PST." <200002231900.LAA04277@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:00:02 PST, Garrett Wollman wrote: > The fact that ftp(1) knows anything at all about URIs is a bug > (imported from another *BSD). I don't agree. I understand your reservations about HTTP support in ftp(1), but you underestimate the usefulness of URI syntax for interactive use: (unset ftp_proxy; ftp ftp://ftp.example.com/some/path/) While you may wish to remove HTTP support from ftp(1), URI handling is a good thing and is worth fixing. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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