Hi all,

> CR> Net-log: ["LIST results:" {
> CR> drwxrwsr-x   2 212      217          1024 Jan 25  2002 -dir-
> CR> drwxrwsr-x   4 212      217          1024 Jan 25  2002 -dir-
> CR> drwxrwsr-x   2 212      217          1024 Jan 25  2002 -dir-
> CR> drwxrwsr-x   2 212      217          1024 Jan 25  2002 -dir-
> CR> drwxrwsr-x   2 212      217          1024 Jan 25  2002 -dir-
> CR> -rw-rw-r--   1 99       users        2095 Jan 24  2002 -file-
> CR> drwxrwsr-x   2 212      217          1024 May 17  2001 -dir-
> CR> -rw-r--r--   1 212      users         138 May 10  2001 -file-
> CR> -rw-r--r--   1 212      217          5528 May 10  2001 -file-
> CR> drwxrwxr-x   2 99       99           7168 Nov  8 08:37 -dir-
> CR> }]
> CR> == [-10 files that should be 24-]

The problem with directory listing in the ftp protocol is known:

rfc 959:

            Since the information on a file may vary widely from system
            to system, this information may be hard to use automatically
            in a program, but may be quite useful to a human user.

New commands have been proposed, see the abbstract of
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-16.txt

"In order to overcome the problems caused by the undefined format of the
current FTP LIST command output, a new command is needed to transfer
standardized listing information from Server-FTP to User- FTP. Commands to
enable this are defined in this document."

I think that there is little to do for the existing ftp protocol. Also because
NLIST is not always implemented, if LIST is implemented. And this happens also
if the http://www.wu-ftpd.org/rfc/rfc1123.html says (1989) that NLIST MUST be
implemented.

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Ciao
Romano

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