Re: publicfile peculilarities, ftpd trouble

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:35:30PM -0700, Darren Spruell wrote:
> I understand then that the information given in the string is only
> pertinent to clients that understand EPLF from the server.

Correct.

> This must rule out most command-line clients, such as MS Windows
> command shells, openbsd's ftp, redhat's ftp, etc as they display the
> (IMHO) human-unreadable EPLF format.

Unless they've been patched to understand EPLF, yes.  Patches for several
clients can be found at <http://www.publicfile.org/>.

> I suppose a graphical browser will support it;

Probably not.

> is publicfile's ftpd intended more for a graphical ftp browser, or is
> EPLF (established in '96) just not well-recognized among other clients
> right now?

The latter; technical superiority often has a hard time competing
against entrenched mediocrity.  8-)

- Adrian