On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 12:21:05PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > when you use filename completion in FTP mode, it seems lftp does a "ls", then > look for matching files. It would be better if it does a "ls beginningofname*" > because a "ls" can be very bandwidth extensive on large directories. (try on > ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/packages/i386 for example :p)
Unfortunately, it is not defined what ftp server would do with LIST arguments. What would happen if the beginningofname would start with a minus or contain a space? -- Alexander.
