Previously Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > With FTP servers the server should follow the symlink, unless it chooses > > not to for some reasons (security probably). > > Like that the client specifically asks for the link file? When I download > the msdos directory using MC, unless I specifically request that MC > "follow symlinks", I get just what I want, the symlinks, and not the > actual files (I already have them). An FTP server knows nothing about symlinks. The client can parse the output of "ls" and check for symlinks itself. > When a DOS FTP client asks for the file, it asks for the symlink, gets it, > and can't do anything with it. The result is a zero length file on the DOS > machine. If I use doe Novell FTP client (also running DOS, with the Novell network stack) I do get the file, not the symlink. If you check the source of mirror, you'll see it parses the output of ls and decides itself if a file is a symlink. Wichert. -- ============================================================================== This combination of bytes forms a message written to you by Wichert Akkerman. E-Mail: wakkerma@wi.LeidenUniv.nl WWW: http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/
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