[nos-bbs] FTP subcommand failures

[Barry Siegfried]

["George (Skip) VerDuin" <k8rra at ameritech.net> wrote]:

> The saga of file transfer continues...
>
> FTP acted fine when establishing a remote site over RF.
> My first problem was with "ldir" command - it reported "no files" when
> trying to list /jnos directory.  Wrong answer.
> After a "lcd ../" and "ldir" it successfully listed the contents of /.
> Right answer.
> After "lcd /jnos" then "ldir" repeated "no files".
> After "lcd public" then "Ldir" reported "no files".  Wrong answer.
> At this time I "put readme" and it transferred OK proving access to
> files in the local directory works OK.
> I did not test the full command including the filter spec.
>
> The above demonstrates that "ldir" command is in trouble.
> Jnos operates with root privileges so perms is not an issue.
> The "/" directory did list so it seems to me "ldir" has trouble
> accessing the local directory.
> Anybody have insight into this one?

Presuming that you are using a JNOS FTP client (I assume this because
'ldir' is not a "standard" FTP command), it inherits the "working"
directory at the net> prompt as its default directory.  So when you
are sitting at the ftp> prompt, you are in the same default directory
that you are in at the net> prompt on the local machine.  In fact,
you can use the 'lcd' command without an argument to see exactly
which default local directory you are in.  For all intents and
purposes, the FTP client 'ldir' command operates identically to
the 'dir' command at the net> prompt.

> I had a second happening with the "restart" subcommand.
> In this case I'm my own worst enemy - I mis-applied the command.
> When one time my login to the remote site failed and I found myself at
> the ">" prompt without an open link, I used the "restart" command and
> jnos crashed.
> OK you guys - I did not read the help document before jumping to the
> wrong command / forgive me?
> To make jnos more bullet proof this needs to go on the list of
> improvements - misuse of the "restart" command needs to give a nasty
> message to the user rather than crash the application...

I am not familiar with the FTP 'restart' command.  Sorry.

73, de Barry, K2MF >>
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