[Xitami] FTP - LIST (ls) not returning wildcarded sub-dirs

Jeff Hamblin xitami@lists.xitami.org
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:07:56 -0700


"Brian {Hamilton Kelly}" wrote:
> No; those are all SLASHES.  It is the '\' character that is the
> backslash.  Don't worry; yours is a very common error in nomenclature
> made by those with overexposure to Windoze.

Actually, I think it's my more recent overexposure to 'NIX that's got me
goofed up ;) -- but I appreciate your straightening me out. Just to be safe,
though, I wrote, "It's the lean, not the slope" 50 times on my chalkboard.

As for the issue of wildcard directories, thanks for the info (and thanks to
Paul Reid as well).

The incoming FTP requests are from proprietary software of a production
laser printer system. So, the request can't be changed -- only the response
from the server. Fortunately, I have found a commercial FTP server product
for Windows that can handle wildcard directories (www.wftpd.com). I won't be
ditching Xitami for general use -- it's still my favorite.

-Jeff Hamblin