[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error
From: carl:cybercraft at: 24-Dec-2003 22:47
On 14-Nov-03, Brett Handley wrote:
> Hi
>> > Thinking more on this, given the whole NLST handling (if empty?
>> > file-list [....]) is a second bite of the cherry at getting a
>> > directory list, and if you can assume that your FTP server will
>> > always respond to the LIST command in a way that REBOL can parse,
>> > you could probably cut the whole NLST handling from
>> > parse-dir-list and happily ignore most of this thread. :-)
>>
>> Quite possibly, since I've just tried it and it works for me. ;)
> Ahah. So I was on the right track.
> Not to be beaten by this - I've hammered away at it and eventually
> built my own dodgy FTP server to replicate the problem and get a
> different perspective on things. I think I see light at the end of
> the tunnel!! - or it could be an oncoming heavy vehicle....
> Playing with my dodgy server I've found that my last fix - was soooo
> close, but I screwed up by closing the listen-port - I should have
> left it open. Here then is some code that makes my dodgy server
> happy. While I was at it, I added a net-log call to show the hidden
> NLST communication.
> Please tell me that's the end of the tunnel :-)
Well - I came out the other side without a scratch, so, daylight for
me! No problems at all on either server. Good work, Brett!
But what say Ashley?
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Carl Read
