On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Camiel Dobbelaar <[email protected]> wrote: > (private) HKS wrote: >> Without -r things work just fine, but the shittiest ftp client I have >> to test this is Windows 2003's native. What clients are known to >> require the -r flag? > > I think I implemented -r for someone with an old VMS system. > > Most FTP clients work fine, don't use -r unless you're sure you need it. > > Is there some documentation floating on the web that suggests -r? I > think the manpage pretty much discourages usage: > > -r Rewrite sourceport to 20 in active mode to suit ancient clients > that insist on this RFC property. > > -- > Cam
It's an attempt to preempt needless support calls for customers running some terribly outdated FTP client. -HKS
