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- From: VANCE@TGV.COM (L. Stuart Vance)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re: Change directory in FTP Server.
- Message-ID: <728069295.255930.VANCE@TGV.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:28:15 GMT
- Organization: TGV, Incorporated
- Lines: 19
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- >> I've got a problem with our FTP Server. I want to use "cd .." to go back
- >> one directory, but it doesn't work.
- >> I've seen sites where it does work (also with MultiNet), so I want to know
- >> how I can change this.
- >> The point is, I've got some disappointed "dos" and "unix" users, who don't
- >> even know what VMS is. (We are running MultiNet 3.1D)
- >
- > Well, unfortunately, a little while back I was tied up and against
- >my will forced to allow "cd .." act like "cd [-]". The reason it
- >shouldn't is that ".." is a UNIX filespec and FTP is supposed to
- >implement the file specifications of the operating system it is
- >running on. I agree with the previous poster that "CDUP" is the
- >correct operating system independent way of going up one level in a
- >directory tree.
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- The new "cd .." functionality is in MultiNet V3.2.
-
- Regards,
- -----Stuart
-