[REBOL] Re: ftp chmod!!
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 6-Aug-2003 11:53
Gabriele Santilli wrote:
>Hi Petr,
>
>On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 6:41:16 PM, you wrote:
>
>PK> http://proftpd.linux.co.uk/docs/directives/configuration_full.html#ALLOWCHMOD
>
>It's ProFTPD there, by the way.
>
>PK> Anyway, I tried to 'open ftp connection only and then use something like
>PK> INSERT serv "SITE" but Rebol told me that 'insert can't be used with
>PK> such type of port ... so I think it may be possible to chmod files but
>PK> it would have to be supported directly by ftp scheme ... but I can be
>PK> wrong ...
>
>You could insert directly into the sub-port, but then you have to
>make sure you don't interfere with the handler. I think the best
>solution would be to write a new FTP handler or patch the existing
>one to support SET-MODES and GET-MODES.
>
Yes, exactly - but it is for gurus only. I would prefer if Rebol would
try to be more tolerant to various anomalies, such as usage of @ or #
chars in scheme. We can be rigid and say hey, it is not according to
RFCXY, but well, rebol users will face such anomalies, as they exist.
E.g. if I want to connect to FTP from behind the firewall, I have to go
thru proxy:
print read ftp://[pekr--moon--rebol--cz]:[my-pass--proxy--sec--trz--cz]
It will not be swallowed by Rebol parser untill I apply following patch:
net-utils/url-parser/user-char: union net-utils/url-parser/user-char
make bitset! #"@"
I could see lots of similar questions asked on ml, that is why I would
prefer Rebol being able to handle such case/anomaly natively.
From talks to Reichart I know that FTP is probably the most screwed
standard
. Well - I think that no matter what command what FTP server
supports, we should enrich rebol's scheme each time we find new problem
and its solution, instead of suggesting of usign sub-port, as there can
be ppl as me, who will not be able to solve such problem by simply
suggesting how to hack it around ...
Cheers,
-pekr-
