Re: Ftp fetch file names with spaces

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:24:24PM -0400, Tobey Wheelock wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 03:57:13PM +0100, Joe Orton wrote:
> > Actaully I think this is a server bug
> 
> Hmmm, I apologize, I thought this was about blanks in file names, but
> it's not, it's about initial blanks.
> 
> I tested the server and it does handle blanks in names OK.  And so does
> the unpatched sitecopy 0.16.0, EXCEPT if the file name has an initial
> space.  It turns out that the file in question is " chetamula
> market.jpg", not "chetamula market.jpg".  When it parsed the listing,
> sitecopy must have dropped the initial space.

Ah ha!  Now we're getting somewhere.

> > LIST -la public_html/jupiter/archives/images/
> < 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
> ls: init, topdir: [public_html/jupiter/archives/images]
> ls: [-rw-rw-rw-   1 ftp      ftp          6063 Apr  2  2004  chetamula market-thumb.jpg]
> ls: file (666, 6063): [chetamula market-thumb.jpg]

This problem is that the 'ls' output is not really possible to parse 
reliably.  Some servers support an "MLST" command which *does* have a 
well-defined response; sitecopy doesn't support that (yet).

Your workaround of removing the file with the leading space is a good 
one :)

Regards,

joe

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