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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Simon Cozens wrote:
> Mark Fowler:
> > FTP> mv foo bar
> > mv: no such command.
>
> ftp> help rename
> rename rename file
Ah. Then why doesn't my client GET A CLUE and work out that when I type
mv I really mean rename. It's not like it...oooh, being on a unix
system...it's a big leap. And don't tell me it's not in the FTP spec,
neither's tab completion but my client does that too.
Oh, and it's implementation of rename sucks the big one.
ncftp /> mkdir fred
ncftp /> mkdir barney
ncftp /> rename fred barney
rename barney: server said: rename: Directory not empty
Duh, I mean move the file into the directory, dumbass. That's what mv
would do.
Yes, I know FTP isn't unix. But I don't care, it's a *shell*. I really
don't care about the underlying protocol, I just want the protein.
Someone get me a non sucky ftp client, stat.
Mark.
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