Re: [bug-inetutils] ftp 1.5 open - arguments too long?

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   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) _!_