Thanks for the clarification! And sorry for the confusion. Felipe
On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 17:55 Erik Auerswald <auers...@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 04:01:00PM -0300, Felipe G. Nievinski wrote: > > > > I'm using the FTP utility, which supposedly supports the MDTM command (as > > per section 21.1 Standards of the documentation): > > https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/inetutils.html > > This documentation pertains to the FTP server (ftpd). > > > However, when I try mdtm, it complains: "invalid command". > > The FTP client (ftp) does not implement the MDTM command, as documented in > <https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/manual/html_node/Ftp-commands.html > >. > > > For testing purposes, I've used the quote command: > > > > quote "mdtm myfilename.ext" > > > > which returns a timestamp correctly. > > > > ftp> mdtm 20230518T213000Z.gps.new > > ?Invalid command > > ftp> quote "mdtm 20230518T213000Z.gps.new" > > 213 20230521012942 > > > > > > So, the server recognizes the command correctly. > > > > Am I missing something? > > FTP server and client are different programs, even though they are part of > the same collection. > > Sorry that I cannot provide a better answer. > > Best regards, > Erik >
