Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:30:08 GMT From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/113336: ftpd doesn't handle filenames which contain curly ?brackets Message-ID: <200706051130.l55BU8tf011120@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/113336; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, olli@lurza.secnetix.de Cc: Subject: Re: misc/113336: ftpd doesn't handle filenames which contain curly ?brackets Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:28:48 +0100 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Bruce Cran wrote: > > When trying to fetch files from a server running the ftpd from > > /usr/libexec, ftpd apparently removes curly brackets from filenames > > before trying to read them from the filesystem. > > ftpd performs filename globbing, i.e. it interprets > the wildcards "?", "*" and "[...]", and additionally > it expands csh-like brace expressions. > > In other words: What you see is expected behaviour, > not a bug. Try prepending a backslash in front of > the braces, i.e.: get guid_\{1234567890\}_file.txt > > (I haven't tested this ... It might be possible that > the FTP client removes one level of backslashes, so > in that case you need to write two backslashes each.) > > Best regards > Oliver > Thanks, it works with FreeBSD's FTP client when I use two backslashes. Regards, Bruce
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