On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Ángel González <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/05/15 15:04, Satyam Zode wrote: > >> Hello everyone ! >> I am working on GNU Wget FTP Test suite, I have been >> understanding the different aspects and working of FTP Server from RFC 959 >> and other resources. I have some questions related to Wget (that is FTP >> client side) in my mind. I am also trying to understand working of Wget >> from src/ftp*.c . I want your general opinion on below queries. I have >> also >> specified pointers in brackets. >> >> 1) How Wget (as client) handles FTP server ? ( connection establishment, >> initial commands,connection types etc.) >> >> 2) Which FTP commands are supported/used by Wget ? (Access control >> commands >> , Transfer parameter commands , FTP service commands) >> >> 3) Which transmission mode does Wget use ? (stream mode , block mode or >> compressed mode) >> >> 4) How different Wget option works ? (I have analysed FTP Server replies >> by >> using Wget option "-S" and other options too.) >> >> I kindly request to everyone to help me out to understand GNU Wget. If you >> think something is important to know but not mentioned above then please >> feel free to share. >> >> Thank you ! >> Satyam Zode >> PICT , Pune >> > The usual approach -specially from a developer POV- would be to start > trying to figure out for yourself by looking at the code. Did you find any > problem doing that? > > No, I am still trying to understand code ! As soon as I will stuck somewhere, I will ping you again. Are there any key places you would like to suggest me to have look at (in code) ? > > You should already know about > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html (have a look at if if > you didn't), and it's not that your question itself is *bad* or clearly > documented somewhere else, but it looks too much like "do my work". > > I am sorry for that but I thought I could get overall understanding/working of Wget. I am aware of the article you have provided. I will try to list all doubts/difficulties in code and will come back again. > Best regards > > > PS: I infer from your email that you don't know about wget -d. It will > probably be very helpful on your work. > Yeah ! I know about Wget debugging and it's helping me a lot :-) . Thanks for directions ! Thank you, Satyam Zode PICT , Pune
