Thanks for your suggestion, it works great! I also found the "quote" command a useful alternative.
-Felipe. On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 7:21 PM Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> wrote: > Erik Auerswald <auers...@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> writes: > > > 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 > >. > > The "modtime" ftp client command uses MDTM, so try this: > > ftp> modtime myfilename.ext > > /Simon > > >> 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 > > > > >
