Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!bionet!arisia!roo!masinter From: masinter@parc.xerox.com (Larry Masinter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: HyperFTP - why no directories? Message-ID: Date: 19 Jul 90 06:12:10 GMT References: <1990Jul17.231854.3047@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm Distribution: na Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 17 In-reply-to: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu's message of 17 Jul 90 23:18:54 GMT Hyperftp-12 seems to have some new code to fix problems with directories on Vaxen. In general, however, the FTP protocol doesn't specify enough what the result of the "LIST" command should look like; for directories, file names, etc. I'd guess that your 'local site' wasn't a 4.2BSD-based Unix (e.g., Sun) or a Vax. -- Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com) Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) 3333 Coyote Hill Road; Palo Alto, CA USA 94304 Fax: (415) 494-4333