On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 14:08, Dražen Kačar wrote:
> Martin Johnson wrote:
> > Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>
> > >> 1. Perhaps wget should obey the setting of environment variable
> > >> FTP_PASSIVE_MODE ("NO" or "YES")?
> >
> > > Do other programs obey that variable? Are its semantics defined
> > > somewhere?
> >
> > Yes, FreeBSD's "fetch" command uses that, probably via "libftpio". I think
> > the semantics are that "FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=No" (upper or lower case No) turns
>
> Just "no" or whatever is returned by nl_langinfo(NOEXPR)? Or both?
Just "no"; although "both" would probably be more sensible!
The actual code on FreeBSD systems is in /usr/src/lib/libfetch/ftp.c :
int pasv;
...
pasv = CHECK_FLAG('p');
...
if (!pasv)
pasv = ((s = getenv("FTP_PASSIVE_MODE")) != NULL &&
strncasecmp(s, "no", 2) != 0);
There's a similar test in /usr/src/lib/libftpio/ftpio.c.
The nice thing about this environment variable is that you can set it
once in ".profile" or wherever, and then all your FTP downloads work OK
through the firewall :-)
With all best wishes,
--
Martin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
