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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27437 FTP "get" and "list" tasks fail ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-03-09 01:27 ------- Antoine is basically correct. There is (currently) no support for this ftp format in commons.net. The format is CLOSE TO but not identical to the Standard unix ftp server list format that is the default in commons-net. Here is a typical unix ftp standard listing followed by one of yours: -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 2 15:13 zxbox -rw-r----- 1 ravensm sca 9280 02 Mar 16:27 ZMRPC963.m Clearly, the problem seems to be one of locale (reversal of the month and day fields). The standard unix ftp parser is the default in commons-net and the format on your server is confusing the parser. The basic problem is that the FTP specification (RFC959) defines the FTP listing format in a very loose way. The protocol was intended for manual scanning by a user and definitely not for automation purposes. Similar problems crop up with servers in other languages such as a German one that might use the abbreviation okt for october, etc. I have never heard this complaint about unix servers in non-American locales, but I have heard it about AIX servers. We could write a parser that expected your format, but I have a feeling it would break American AIX ftp servers. Additionally, commons-net is moving toward an autodetection scheme for ftp server types. It does a pretty good job telling NT servers from Unix ones, but your situation brings up a new wrinkle. Which locale should a parser assume for a server if there is no way to make the server define its listing format? Assuming there is some way to differentiate AIX ftp servers from Unix ones in an automated fashion, we would have to come up with a way of differentiating the date-format locales as well, and I'm not sure that's possible. It's a real mess, frankly, due to the vagueness of the ftp spec on this matter. As a committer for commons-net, I would be willing to work with you to get this resolved, but I need your input and that of other aix ftp server users to determine the RIGHTway to solve this problem. I am guessing that the problem is not very widespread, or we would have heard many more complaints about this. The more instances we can get of this pattern the more likely it will be to be solved. However, it's totally out of Ant's hands to be able to fix this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
