Nico Golde <[email protected]> [Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:28:15 +0100]:
> * Dmitry Baryshev <[email protected]> [2009-01-17 18:41]:
> > $ LC_ALL=C wget 
> > [32]ftp://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/whois-data/APNIC/apnic.RPSL.db.gz
> > --2009-01-17 19:34:45--
> > [33]ftp://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/whois-data/APNIC/apnic.RPSL.db.gz
> >            => `apnic.RPSL.db.gz'
> > Resolving ftp.apnic.net... 202.12.29.20, 2001:dc0:2001:0:4608:20::
> > Connecting to ftp.apnic.net|202.12.29.20|:21... connected.
> > Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
> > ==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
> > ==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /apnic/whois-data/APNIC ...
> > No such directory `apnic/whois-data/APNIC'.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > Opera 9.53 and Firefox 3.0.5 download this file Ok.
>
> Looks like wget doesn't follow symlinks.

No.  It's an oddball FTP server that accepts the command
"RETR /apnic/whois-data/APNIC/apnic.RPSL.db.gz" but rejects
"CWD /apnic/whois-data/APNIC".

Upstream, why does wget do CWD and RETR when just a
RETR with the full pathname would suffice?



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