Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 15:53:30 +0200 (CEST)
From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de>
To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ab@astralblue.net
Subject: Re: ftpd weirdness; CWD/RETR/... handles {} specially?
Message-ID: <200107081353.PAA66859@lurza.secnetix.de>
In-Reply-To: <20010708223111.A40664@the-7.net>
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Eugene M. Kim <ab@astralblue.net> wrote:
> ftpd of 4-stable apparently handles {} embedded in the argument to RETR
> and CWD specially. For example, if the client send `CWD {3}', then the
> ftpd will try to chdir into `3', not into `{3}'. Is this an intended
> behavior, or a bug to be fixed?
It's a feature. According to ftpd(8):
<blockquote>
Ftpd interprets file names according to the ``globbing''
conventions used by csh(1). This allows users to utilize
the metacharacters ``*?[]{}~''
</blockquote>
> PS. Please don't reply only to the list, since I'm not subscribed to it.
In that case I'd suggest that you set your Reply-To header
appropriately.
Regards
Oliver
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