Re: zftp annoyance

[Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>]

Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Look and see if $ZFTP_SYSTEM contains "UNIX Type: L8"; if not, it won't
> > happen automatically.
> 
> $ZFTP_SYSTEM appears to be unset.

That suggests the system doesn't support SYST.  Try using ncftp and see
what you get with `quote SYST'.  If you get a response there could be a
problem somewhere in zftp.c.

> > It should be easy to adapt the function suite to remember this.  It would
> > be even easier to make binary the default:  just doctor zfopen and zfanon
> > and put `zftype binary' at the end.  Hooks aren't currently implemented,
> > but that could be done.
> 
> I'd probably do that but it'd be a hassle every time I upgrade zsh.
> Would anyone object to having a style for this?

That sounds quite sensible.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>                  Software Engineer
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