Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:53:20 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'ftp' command does what...? Message-ID: <40D89C40.3080007@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <200406221341.16097.kirk@strauser.com> References: <40D87C23.3010902@mac.com> <200406221341.16097.kirk@strauser.com>
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Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Tuesday 2004-06-22 01:36 pm, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > >>ftp ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu > > > ...is not a valid URL in that no path component is specified (even a > trailing '/') - at least, that's my understanding of it. Try this instead: > > ftp ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/ > > which works as expected from here. Or: bash-2.05b$ ftp ftp.andrew.cmu.edu Connected to ASG2.WEB.cmu.edu. 220 asg2.web.cmu.edu FTP server (Version 6.00+Heimdal 20031031+KTH-KRB 1.3-20031030) ready. Name (ftp.andrew.cmu.edu:peter): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, type your name as password. Password: 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> Same behaviour with ftp.freebsd.org: bash-2.05b$ ftp ftp://ftp.freebsd.org [snip] 200 Type okay. 501 Syntax error in parameters. 221 Goodbye. bash-2.05b$ ftp ftp.freebsd.org [snip] 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-You are user #78 of 450 simultaneous users allowed. 230- 230 Logged in anonymously. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> Might have something to do with the auto-fetch part of ftp's functionality. Peter.
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