Re: Mode Z support

[Nicolas Noble]

Alexander V. Lukyanov wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 05:14:16PM +0100, Clemson, Chris wrote: Hi everyone! I was just wondering if lftp (or any other free/OSS unix ftp client) supported mode Z. I'm trying to find one to help out the guy that writes proftpd. Someone wants MODE Z support added. What is that mode? Seems it's "on the fly data compression": Transaction example: S : 220 Gene6 FTP Server v3.0.3 (Build 45) ready... C : USER anonymous S : 331 Password required for anonymous. C : PASS **** S : 230 User anonymous logged in. C : FEAT S : 211-Extensions supported: [..] MODE Z [..] 211 End. C : MODE Z S : 200 MODE Z ok C : PASV S : 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,0,1,195,172) C : TYPE A S : 200 Type set to A. C : LIST S : 150 Data connection accepted from 192.168.0.1:33269; transfer starting. C : 226-Compression : 30,2% (971 Bytes/3,14 KBytes). S : 226 Transfer ok. There a draft for that (not yet official it seems) ftp extension, but it seems that it expired like today, and has not yet been updated/mirrored correctly. Anyway, look for the file "draft-preston-ftpext-deflate-03.txt" (the old deleted version) and ask for a cached copy. Cheers,   -- Nicolas Noble