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Re: msdos-i386 directory...

schwarz@monet.m.isar.de (Christian Schwarz)  wrote on 29.05.97 in <Pine.LNX.3.96.970529174015.4366A-100000@klee>:

> On Thu, 29 May 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > I think I have discussed this problem on this list before, but if not I
> > will go over the issue once more.
> > The msdos-i386 directory tree is intended to provide msdos users with 8.3
> > file name access to the archive. The problem is that the tree us useless
> > for that purpose unless you have a *nix box to do the download with.
>
> I could be wrong but I always thought the itension of the msdos-*
> directories is to simplify the download process for users that have
> Internet access from a DOS machine only. The FTP server should follow the
> symlinks (and not download the links :-)

Well, this is the second time I've heard from somebody having trouble to  
ftp through symlinks. The other one was a local that I consider quite  
competent; IIRC, the software was some Windows FTP client.

It would be nice if we could verify this.

My guess is that that FTP client uses long listings and has either trouble  
understanding the filenames of symbolic links, or else takes the link size  
for the file size.

I really can't imagine a Unix FTP server messing this up.


MfG Kai


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