[Gllug] ftp listing

[Mark Lowes]

On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 13:57, Jason Clifford wrote:
> On 12 Nov 2002, Mark Lowes wrote:
> 
> > > I do not believe anything more sophisticated than 'ls' is supported under FTP
> > 
> > Most servers are capable of supporting the full range of flags for 'ls'
> > however whether the admin allows you to use them is a different matter.
> Only because many execute /bin/ls or a copy of it. 
> Those that are built to be secure have the required set of functions built 
> in and do not call external binaries for such tasks.

I know, proftpd.org.

> Also you cannot reasonably depend upon a given site to be running a 
> particular ftpd.

The only thing you can depend on is that they'll implement at least a
subset of rfc959 and if if you're really lucky 2228.

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