Ftp-WG: mdtm and mlsd commands

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:28:10 , you wrote:

> On 25 Jan 2004 at 5:46, Anthony R. Gold wrote:
>
>>>   | I've found both clients and servers which allow mdtm to be used to
>>>   set the | modify-fact of files on servers, but I don't see that
>>>   documented in any | RFC or proposal.
>>>
>>> Anything that does that is broken, it is a query command only.  There a=
re
>>> no standardised "set attributes" command, for any attributes I'm aware =
of
>>> (possibly excluding the name...)
>>
>> That's a real shame as it prevents FTP from being used in mirroring.
>
>
> Our FTP server for NetWare supports a site specific command. I think we c=
opied this=20
> idea from some other server, but I can't recall, its been 10 years.
>
> site chmdtm <filename> <modtime> [<acctime>] -- change modification/acces=
s time of=20
> file

Sounds fine, but I wonder why the working group is ignoring an absent but
apparently needed facility which software developers are now programming
around in a common but, of necessity because of the lack of any standard,
a non-compliant manner.

http://www.noisette-software.com/products/windows/GetIt/docs/UserGuide.pdf
http://www.noisette-software.com/products/windows/ShareIt/docs/UserGuide.pd=
f
http://www.southrivertechnologies.com/support/titanftp/webhelp/mdtm.htm
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01268.html

Regards,

Tony