Re: Call for Discussion: PNG Registration Process 20170116a

> 
>     On February 12, 2017 at 8:29 PM John Bowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>     On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Glenn Randers-Pehrson
>     <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>         > > 
> >         I now remember why we used separate lines for the
> >         directory and filename in the call for discussion and call for vote.
> >         The filename is ephemeral while the directory name is
> >         more permanent. If you follow the link to a particular
> >         file that has been moved to "history" you get a "file not found"
> >         return, while if you follow a link to the directory you should
> >         get a directory listing. The latter doesn't happen reliably, though,
> >         because ftp.simplesystems.org is requently overloaded and
> >         the directory listing gets abbreviated to just "parent directory".
> > 
> >     > 
>     Until you recently changed it the directory wasn't actually searchable
>     by HTTP (there was no index file); i.e. when I deleted the file name
>     from the URI I got an EACCESS not a directory listing
> 

I didn't change anything in the ftp directory.  I've found that many

times I won't get a directory listing but other times I will.  The

solution is to just hit the "refresh" (circular arrows) button in the

browser until I get the full listing.


Glenn

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