nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (05/05/89)
I just had a user complain that his FTP client gets confused now that I added continuation lines to my version of KA9Q's FTP server. Are there FTP clients extant that don't understand continuation lines? p.s. I'm still looking for FTP clients that do RESTart and MODE B. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) I'm a right-to-lifer -- everyone has a right to earn a living sufficient to feed himself and his family.
rick@UUNET.UU.NET (Rick Adams) (05/10/89)
The latest, greatest versions of ftp and ftpd (for UNIX) can be obtained from uunet.uu.net in networking/ftp.tar.Z and networking/ftpd.tar.Z These are newer versions than those on the Berkeley networking tape. If you are seriously using ftp or running an ftp server (under UNIX), then you really want to get these versions. They run on SUN SunOs3.5, SunOS4.0, Sequent Dynix 3.0.12 and most recent BSD vax/tahoe releases. The portability problems are mainly missing includes, etc and are quite easy to fix for other systems. These programs have had a lot of work put into them. Among the many changes are: Fully rfc959 and host requirements draft compliant Support for determining system type, restarting partial transfers in image or ascii mode, determining the size or last modification time of a file (via SIZE and MDTM which will be documented in the next version of the FTP rfc) ftp automatically puts you into binary mode if the remote server is of the appropriate type (no more user complaints about getting compressed files in ascii mode). Support for default logins via the .netrc. E.g. you could put a line in your .netrc that looked like: default anonymous rick@uunet.uu.net and ftp would automatically log you in as username anonymous with password rick@uunet.uu.net (of course this can be overridden) many others. Sites running ftp archives are especially encouraged to run this version of ftpd. It's been running on uunet and the ucb machines for weeks and is stable. ---rick