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Re: [bug-inetutils] ftp 1.5 open - arguments too long?
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-inetutils] ftp 1.5 open - arguments too long? |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:22:19 +0100 (CET) |
ftp> open
gets the error:
sorry, arguments too long
Too long? Too short I could understand :).
That bug is qute strange I should add! and on a first glance I don't
get it.
However, I suggest an enhancement: have open without an argument re-open
the previous host, if there is one. E.g.,
ftp ftp.gnu.org
... connects ...
ftp> close
221 Goodbye.
ftp> open
... connects again to ftp.gnu.org ...
A very good idea and I think I will implement it, the `other' (*BSD)
ftp does not do this. But I'm not sure if we want to be compatible
here or not. Right now the way `open' should work (if we ignore the
above bug) is that if you type it without any arguments, you get a
interactive prompt like this (_!_ being where the cursor is):
ftp> open
(to) _!_