Re: ange-ftp problem

[Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>]

>>>>> "Klaus" == Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler@lucent.com> writes:
>   /anonymous@vh213601.truman.edu:/pub/Quotes/quotes.el:
>   total 0

Indeed.  The reason is that `ls /pub/Quotes/quotes.el/.'
does not return an error:

    Connected to vh213601.truman.edu.
    220 vh213601.truman.edu FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(1) Fri Jun 23 09:17:44 
EDT 2000) ready.
    Name (vh213601.truman.edu:monnier): ftp
    331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
    Password:
    230-The response '' is not valid
    230-Next time please use your e-mail address as your password
    230-        for example: joe@rum.cs.yale.edu
    230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
    Remote system type is UNIX.
    Using binary mode to transfer files.
    ftp> ls /pub/Quotes/quotes.el/
    200 PORT command successful.
    150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for directory listing.
    total 0
    226 Transfer complete.

Doing a `cd /pub/Quotes/quotes.el/' does return an error, tho.
Ange-ftp sometimes does such a `cd' before doing the `ls', but only if
the directory name contains spaces.

Should this be considered as a bug in the FTP server ?
Why is ange-ftp not always doing a `cd' first ?
Efficiency ?  Fear of special FTP servers that do not allow such a `cd' ?


        Stefan